P1tiger first off the game is free, free to download, free to play offline, including the new offline missions, including the offline mission editor, and terrain editor. Thats always been the way it is, and frankly 90% or more of us like it that way. It ain't broke, don't fix it.
You pay 14.95$ a month for arena access, and thats a bargain.
I started out flying flight sims at 2$ an hour with a 5 hour minimum.
Hitech broke all that with his flat rate pricing. He's saved some people if not millions at least thousands and thousands of dollars since 2000.
The reason he is able to do it, he keeps his shop close and tight, no extra overhead, no fat, no waste.
That means a slightly longer wait at times. Thats ok, there is nothing else out there that can stand toe to toe with Aces High. He's the king of his niche and and his and his crew are DANG good at what they do.
So enough with the now already generation, shut up and fly.
Leave HT and company in peace, when they have something to say, they'll say it.
Don't like the way its done, fine, vote with your feet. Frankly I'd just as soon not have to put up with your type anyway, so the door is that way. Your choice.
