I know I'll sound baised as the guy that runs the DC online matchmaking stuff, but I think the online should be supported as much as the offline, under favorable circumstances if possible. I'd expected to be running on-and-offline KOF XIII stuff in Michigan before an overseas job offer came along; I tried to get both going from over here but right now, online is the best way I can offer to help the scene.
I doubt anyone in this thread will totally forget about using KOF XIII online as bad as it is for a lot of people, but to use it less or focus on offline only still leaves a lot of people in the dust. If no one was getting any kind of decent connection, I wouldn't support the online at all, but people should at least still try. At worst it doesn't work with who you find or you find one or two people that you can use as training partners. If I had a choice between the offline and online getting bigger and better, I'd choose offline, no question.
It is hurting us that SNKP can't improve things now, but it looks much worse when no one uses it. Like Desmond said in an older podcast (I think about MB), even a game with great online can be sacked if no one is using it. I might support an idea for submitting something as a fanbase to SNKP, at least to try, but execution is also important. As I'm learning here, there's probably a wrong way to approach a JPN company when asking for something.