I'm seeking recommendations for mp games where I could make friends so

  • must run on Linux
  • must have a multiplayer element
  • said multiplayer must not rely on you already having friends, so it must include an alive function finding you a team
  • must have a function to communicate and add people you played with afterwards

The games I know of, which fullfil these (obviously tired of these, hence why seeking more):

  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Dead by Daylight
  • Guild Wars 2
  • League of Legends
  • Overwatch 2 (possible issues with client on Linux)

I live in a country where I don't speak the language, I moved here not to go homeless in the previous country and I really miss any human connections. I will appreciate the recs.

  • jkmooney@kbin.social
    12·
    1 year ago

    Palia is brand new (still in open Beta) It's more focused on low-key crafting/farming and community, but opportunities to socialize are there.
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    Guild Wars 2 is my favorite "no subscription required" MMORPG that could work for you (but you have that one).
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    ESO Online is my favorite "subscription" MMO and I've met people there.
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    FFXIV is decent for socializing but, the hard-core gamers can stress you out. Works best if you join a low key guild that doesn't want to speed-run all the duties and crap on you for not being as good as they are.
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    General rule for MMORPGs in general is, find a guild you like and hang with them.

    • Sprite@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I'm waiting on Palia's final release. I did beta testing, but I'm getting extremely tired of unfinished content, especially after my recent experiences.

    • Nemoder@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      Palia is fun for awhile but not a lot of lasting content there yet.
      An oldschool style Linux native MMO I still recommend is Project Gorgon. It's a very social game, while you can do a lot solo eventually you'll run into the game's only real punishment which is dying from a boss fight. You'll get a permanent curse that can only be lifted by defeating that boss and the best way to do that is to find other players in game to help you do it.

      • Truck_kun@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I've not played counter strike in 20 some odd years, or so, but if it's anything like I remember, then yeah, that sounds accurate.

        The Counter Server community was friendly enough though.

      • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        Me neither, but the few people who went through 90min of intense battle while being team players deserve a friend request.

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    7·
    1 year ago

    Which country did you move to by chance? Honestly just curious.

    And for the game… I would recommend small Minecraft servers. Usually the community is tight-nit, and you can get into deeper relationships with people after a few short weeks.

    • Sprite@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      From Ireland to Germany, and before that from UK (unfortunately didn't get a citizenship before leaving, so I cannot get back, I don't want to elaborate on my life story and family situation, if you don't mind). I tried Minecraft, but I'm not into Sandbox. I'd be happy being someone's mule, but no one sought that where I tried playing, so I gave my account to someone who couldn't afford one and moved on.

      • WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        With minecraft there’s a lot of other possibilities apart from just survival/survival multiplayer. You might be interested in Hypixel Skyblock, which is basically an MMO, also minigame servers in general can give lots of opportunities.

    • Jayb151@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Came here to say Valheim. It's a great game that I've sunk hundreds of hours into. And if you go to their discord you can find a ton of people also looking to make friends.

  • Morgikan@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    Since you mentioned GW2, you might try other games like that if it worked for you. WoW, Elder Scrolls Online, FF14. The Payday series might also be a good match as it has auto teaming and voice chat. I would probably stay away from card games like MTG: Arena though. Those are incredibly fun, but are based on fast paced matchmaking with little user to user interaction possible.

    • Sprite@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I tried ESO, WOW, FF14. I used to be huge on MMOs as a teenager, but I think I grew out of them? I no longer find myself capable of enjoying any of them. I used to play stuff like Perfect World and Forsaken World. I'll look into Payday, I was unaware it had premade.

      • Morgikan@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I can understand your attitude towards MMOs. I really want to like them myself and keep retrying them, but somehow they end up being more isolating then single player games. I think so much of their content is based around group play that if you somehow manage to go full hermit mode in them like I do, they don't really work. Single player games emulation human interactions so feel more rewarding somehow.

        • Sprite@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Many players don't want to interact in MMOs. I used to add random people around me to group and play with them on a whim. No one accepts anymore. People play MMOs as solo games…

      • Morgikan@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Hey, maybe not quite video gaming, but have you thought about getting into DnD or Vampire: The Masquerade? DnD has lots of open groups to find on Discord or services like Roll20. That gives you voice communication so you are talking and playing with real people. VtM isn't as popular, but is a really great setting and does have at least one massive Discord server for RPing with others (https://discord.com/servers/seattle-by-night-517427294915002371).

        • Sprite@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I tried RPs and I really, deeply hated them. Made me cringe a lot. It's not a leisure for me. Thank you for proposing, though, maybe someone else will try.

  • Coolcoder360@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Counter strike 2, released recently and runs on Linux, I can't say that the people you'll meet on that will be that great all the time, but you may be able to meet people there.

    You might also be able to meet people in RuneScape or old school RuneScape, or other MMO type games, usually they have clan features where you can join a group of players.

    Not sure if it's still busy with players but kingdom of loathing also at least used to have players you could chat with live, and could join a clan or something like that in there.

  • jsdz@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Is EVE Online still going? It appears to be. It's a somewhat challenging game and very different than what you're used to, but it really was fantastic for getting to meet good in-game friends way back when I played. Of course some of them would eventually betray you, take all your stuff, and leave your dead corpse floating in space, but even so it's very much a team game that may be what you're looking for if you happen to be into spaceships and/or spreadsheets.

  • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Unironically this is the entire purpose of VRChat, and the devs have made sure it runs on SteamOS (and therefore Linux as a whole).

    You do not need a vr headset to play. If you don't have one already though, this game may convince you to get one eventually. SteamVR does work on Linux, and headsets like the Vive, Index, and BigScreen do/should also work (anything that is steamVR-native tends to "just work" on Linux).

  • zhenbo_endle@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I wonder why DOTA2 was not mentioned… It has a really decent Linux support for more than a decade