TL;DR: Any recommendations for a game like Overwatch that actually functions? XDefiant was promising, but it doesn't have "roles" that don't require shooting, so my friend got frustrated.

As it turns out, it is actually possible to make friends as an adult. Who knew?

She likes MOBAs and such, and I mostly go for shooters so Overwatch was an obvious choice.

The gameplay is fun, and it gives us both something we enjoy, but there are some glaring issues that are best described by just describing my own experience in the game.

First off, the game requires you to win 50 matches in quick play before you're allowed in ranked. With both of us working full-time, having spouses and whatnot, and dealing with 3 random teammates, that took forever.

I finally got to ranked, she already had a rank. The game "predicted" my rank to be basically the same as hers. Even so, all that's available are "wide matches". Average wait time is between 20-30 minutes.

So we started a co-op campaign in Baldur's Gate 3.

We still would like to find a competitive game to play together, so basically a functional Overwatch.

And that brings us here. Any ideas?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait for Deadlock to come out or find someone in the beta who can get you into it.

[–] Entropy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

I second this, I got into the beta on Friday and have been having a blast. It's remarkably polished for a beta and everyone who gets in can invite as many people as they want and those people can also invite as many people as they want and so on and so on. So it's spreading like wild fire, should be pretty easy to get into.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Was just about to comment this, my DMs are open if someone wants to friend me on steam and get invited :3