As I mentioned, it isn't a surprise to people who have played the Paradox games for some time. But it is a question I've heard more than once from friends who this will be their first Paradox purchase. Lots of companies engage in a crappy 'Need to be online' component even for games that don't need it. It's a legit concern among some regions with limited internet.
That is a nasty cough you have there.
I think that, combining with turning off auto-update, can assure players a way to keep compatability in case updates break existing save files. Granted, it is not very common, but Paradox being Paradox, these things can happen somewhat often, especially when mods are involved.
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I thought we established that every single Paradox player is an affluent first world computer programmer.
Did you somehow miss out on the shitstorm of forced Internet-connection for Diablo 3? Even single players who don't want anything to do with the RMT marketplace must stay connected to play.
Only when the update is deemed major enough to quite certainly break all earlier saves, though, such as several large updates in CK2. Smaller incidents often do not result in Paradox allowing steam to run the previous updates. The issue becomes much more complicated when mods are involved. As such, players who are concerned about these factors might want to take note of this solution should such a conflict occurs.
