I believe there's just more places to talk about games now, that's why it seems more quiet, but I could be wrong. You can still purchase the game to play like the old days, you don't have to subscribe to Uplay+. It's up to you but I do hope you get a chance to play and enjoy it as well. It's only a short time now.
As Locopells said, Uplay will now be called Ubisoft Connect but Uplay + is still the subscription service name. The site is showing Assassin's Creed Valhalla as one of the available games, so you should be good! If you have any other questions, please let us know.
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I will be closing this thread now as there is not really anywhere else for this conversation to go.
Developer comment: With the TU11.1 changes to The Summit, we are addressing topics brought up by the community including difficulty, directives and targeted loot. We want to fulfill the player fantasy of climbing from floor 1 to 100 with customized challenge and rewards.
Difficulty & Directives
When interacting with the lobby elevator, players will be able to select their desired difficulty and directives
All Difficulties are selectable: Normal - Legendary
For Directives, players are able to select from all 9 released Directives
Developer comment: We advise limiting yourself to 5 active Directives; use more at your own risk
NOTE: Missions and Global Difficulty still have the 5 seasonal directives
The New Summit Experience
Players can now ascend their customized Summit at their own pace.