So as many of you may know, SimCity released this week. A lot of websites have said the game itself is pretty good, and it looks like it from the videos and demos I've seen. Unfortunately, its always-online requirement has made it [url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/03/07/simcity-team-adds-servers.aspx]a little bit[/url], [url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/03/07/simcity-fallout-continues.aspx]sort of[/url], [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/08/simcity-burning-a-warning-to-microsoft-sony-and-all-publishers-on-the-dangers-of-always-online-drm]completely broken.[/url] For obvious reasons, people are in an uproar at SimCity, Maxis, EA, and always-online connections in general. As we're all aware, Destiny also has a required internet connection. In my opinion, this requirement is justified for Destiny. Unlike SimCity, which can easily function as a single-player game without losing out on any gameplay features, Destiny (at least from what we've been told) must have on internet connection in order to access the multiplayer and co-op features that are the core of the game. Knowing this, I don't have a problem with the required internet connection. However, I am worried about the taste left in the mouth of the gaming community after the effects of SimCity and last year's Diablo 3. I fear that the mere mention of "always-online" for Destiny will now illicit a knee-jerk negative reaction, despite the necessity. I think the safest thing to do would probably be to include a single-player offline option, but it's probably way too late in development for that, not to mention that it goes against Destiny's core concepts and I think it would show more innovative spirit to take the risk of being online-only. And above all, please hold a public beta to test server stress. What do you think, community? Have recent "always-online" issues given you reason to be concerned with Destiny? Would you prefer that Destiny include an offline option? Or do you think Destiny should stick to being always-online? Discuss.