Have you tried the new party system?

I was fooling around in the menu and somehow stumbled upon a surprisingly "intricate" way to join like-minded players via the party system.

I personally have never seen or heard of anything like this... but it instantly netted me amazing results.

I basically chose the most competitive preferences and partied up with a cool guy that completely gelled with my playstyle.

We ended up doing amazing together and added each other as friends in the game.

I hope more games start doing this... This is an AMAZING system and WAY better than going in alone.

For those who haven't seen it or don't know what I'm talking about:

Main Menu > R2 > R1 > R1 > Square

Then send a request to someone.