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.
If your rank is the same as hers, you wouldn’t be getting wide matches. Wide matches are specifically for teams of people with a very wide distribution of rankings, therefore the name “wide”. So finish your placements and see what you get. But for me and my friends, even if we get wide matches, the longest we’ve ever waited was 8 minutes for a game.
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If your rank is the same as hers, you wouldn’t be getting wide matches. Wide matches are specifically for teams of people with a very wide distribution of rankings, therefore the name “wide”. So finish your placements and see what you get. But for me and my friends, even if we get wide matches, the longest we’ve ever waited was 8 minutes for a game.