It's not that bad. I mean, I've been playing offline for like 15 years now, if you think about it. I've only been playing online for like a year. Yeah, I think I can handle it. I think I'm capable of going back to my offline mode and enjoying my games.
Seriously, what's the big deal about it? Yeah, I understand this is supposed to be a free service and that we should not be putting up with this despite the reasons (I just found out why this happened). But it's not THAT bad. Most only gamers in CoD and whatnot are people who play the game 25 hours per day, which just sucks the fun right out of the game. It's fine for a while...but what's wrong with going back to offline content? It's not like it's gonna last forever anyway.
Trophies? Yeah, I guess it sucks you can't get some of them. But that's fine. I play games because I LIKE to play games, not because I want someone to pat me in the back every time I do something cool. That's just gravy.