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Video Game Suggestions

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A place to find suggestions for video games! For example, you might create a post looking for recommendations for a game to play with a friend, or a game that is easy to play if you just broke your dominant hand. Or you might post a list of games that let you use a whip as a weapon. A lot of rules for conduct here are pretty obvious (don't be a jerk, stay on-topic) so I'll bold the weird ones.

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Hi,

I'm looking for multiplayer games with good competitive PvP or MMORPG game to play. I want the game to be modern in a sense that it works well on modern computers without shenanigans.

What characteristics am I looking for:

  • competitive fair PvP aspect (not PvE games with poorly implemented P2W PvP).
  • easy to learn hard to master.
  • community aspect preferable (so you can communicate with others, team play, etc.).
  • works under Linux.
  • works on a PC.

Games I tried and didn't like (I mean maybe I liked some parts of it, but didn't like overall):

  • CS GO
  • DOTA 2
  • War Thunder
  • WOT
  • ARC Raiders
  • LOL

Games I tried and liked overall:

  • Beyond All Reason
  • PUBG (but doesn't work on Linux 😞)
  • Old COD: Warzone
  • Overwatch 1
  • Dragon Nest
  • Robocraft (R.I.P)

I'm ready to pay for a game, I would actually be happy to pay a monthly subscription for a game if this will guard me from the P2W trash.

Thanks for your time!

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If OP has hundreds of hours to sink into a game, FFXIV is a great choice. I've got about 1k hours in it but I dropped off after the latest expansion in favor of Guild Wars 2. I just got sick of grinding levels all over again with each expansion, whereas GW2 has never raised the level cap and you don't have to grind for BiS gear every time new content drops.

Guild Wars 2 had lots of optional PvP content, including World versus World and smaller ranked PvP. I'm not into the PvP side of things, so I'm not sure how balanced it is, but it's a major focus of the game so there's plenty of content there.