Well these are the first days of the N. American release, so they should be up all night over there in Russia at their servers fixing any issues pronto!
I had already registered on the ROF website, and so was able to install the retail version a few hours ago and fly, but these impressions by first-time buyers/fliers with registration issues can be very damaging for the launch, and work to reinforce already negative opinions about the online connection requirement......
SO NEOQB, GET IT FIXED NOW!!! 