https://friendlylinuxplayers.org/ is a group that you might be interested in
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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.
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.
Dota 2 but (a) I think they broke Linux support earlier this year, and (b) the players are as toxic as League's
I tried DOTA multiple times. Some of the people were really cool (I didn't know there was VC and people were speaking, so when I found out how to speak myself, I told them I didn't know of vc and thought I was hearing voices and they found it hilarious), but I don't like the gameplay. Not saying LoL is better, as they ruined any semblance of balance and don't seem to even know how to balance classes, but DOTA just doesn't do it for me.
Counter Strike 2, met both my girlfriend and boyfriend there.
"Friendly" is not the name I would use for my average counterstrike team.
Me neither, but the few people who went through 90min of intense battle while being team players deserve a friend request.
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.
Maybe I got rose coloured glasses on for source but it seems the abuse is way worse now.
Equally matched and the enemy team is going to have an anureism with how angry they are.
You don't make friends with the enemy team.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).