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This sounds like they did you a solid by not working. I’ll have to look up this genre of shooter, though; not something I’ve heard of before. I tend to be too easily annoyed for anything that isn’t single-player or local co-op these days, although some part of me still remembers some MMOs though rose-colored nostalgia glasses.


From what you’ve written, it seems like you’re the only one who wants to do anything to make this work. That…doesn’t work. They have to want to have a better relationship with each other, but it seems like they’re satisfied with just using you as the emotional dumping ground.
I’d suggest they first decide whether they want to be better or not, and if they do, they should work with a professional therapist — someone they pay to help them be better, instead of making all their problems your problem. You should probably be involved there, too, so they can learn to stop doing that.