> "It will be sad if online play becomes only enjoyable with people you already know."

Already long since passed that point for me quite a couple few years back.

Thankfully, it's not that hard to build up a little circle of gamer friends who are fun to play with these days. The messaging options alone currently available are many and featureful, making it dead easy to gather a little group and keep in contact with them to organize a game session any ol' time.