im biased, i love MMORPG's so i do like ff11, yeah it would be nice to have an offline mode but there is probably a reason for it. And with ff10-2 it acts like a scale most people like one but hate the other, so they but they still have a new ff to play they do like, i personally love ff11 but hate to death ff10-2 so its obvious witch one im gonna buy and with a monthly fee yeah nearly all MMORPG do have them for maintance, profit, get rid off unused accounts and a bit of cash to continue the story for the players.