after installation I'm greeted by Uplay with the message "A Ubisoft service is not available at the moment. You can try again later or switch to offline mode.".
Of course when trying offline mode I get "If this is your first time using Uplay on this computer you need to log in online at least once before using offline mode.".
(just in case someone is wondering what that moment 22 is all about...)
What to do???