I assume that's a bug?
I had the same exact problem (Thanks Comcast!), and not being able to play a stand alone game was entirely unacceptable.
It's not a bug. As pointed out here (https://forums.elementalgame.com/400368) the beta requires an internet connection to play. The reason for that is that we are able to make a lot of changes on our side to fix things without having to release a patch (since you are running online). The public version won't require an internet connection to play. This is the same process we used for the beta before Elemental was released.
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