Any point in connecting to "Amplifiers" other than for AI Personas?

[Elegant Caveman]

I understand it lets me download AI Personas and share mine.

Anything else?

And can I not create my own AI Personas to play against? I'm forced to use other people's?

[Elegant Caveman]

Ah, yes, you're right about events, thank you. Just checked ingame to confirm.

Free DLC is certainly nice, but I don't think you need to connect for that?

I mean, I have an Amplitude account, and I got some DLC for the game from their site, but that's separate from connecting ingame.

I also got some DLC for free directly from Steam (Para Bellum Wonders, still free for a couple of days).

Though I guess since I already have an account with them that's connected to my Steam account, I might as well connect ingame as well. For some reason, though, I just don't like the idea, and I'm trying to decide if it's worth it.

I'm a little confused, though... reading up on community events[humankind.fandom.com], the wiki says they were all limited-time events, and are finished.

In the game, though, I apparently have access to three of them (Da Vinci Event, Holi Festival, Día de los Muertos).

I'm not seeing a time limit on them...

Are those permanent now, or will they go away? Will the others come back?

FOMO-based content is such cancer...