>>404770391
>but the mandatory online account is putting me off from it
Yes and Valve fanboys are known for both disclosing it's the same thing for them (and no air link lol) and not incessantly spamming the thread about the Q2 rent free. You are indeed paying for diminishing returns with the Index but I'm not going to pretend the Pro will be able to do anything warrant its price either. The market is far beyond the point where it's all tech demos, then tech demos plus one piece of shit and really the one reason I wouldn't (probably) upgrade to an Index is the Q2 lets me PCVR wirelessly and when I used the piece of shit physical link it was both annoying, never worked and fucked up performance/graphics somefuckinghow.

Tldr always online doesn't matter unless you plan on setting up a base station on a bus and yes the Index is always online

>>404811428
Would only really recommend Compound based on what I read and [spoiler]the ten minutes I played because too busy with VTOL/Beat Saber[/spoiler]