Physical/regional servers FINALLY confirmed ??! (Y)

[Halvaard_Vidan]

Although I'm for the "idea" behind international servers, I'm also for servers that actually function.

In general, I do not see Japanese players using the auto-translate.
They aren't interested in playing with people that they can't easily communicate with.

I hope that the new server set and the new client will help with most of the latency issues, I do have several Euroean friends over a couple linkshells that I'd miss if they servers went completely regional.

[Asiaine]

In general, I do not see Japanese players using the auto-translate.
They aren't interested in playing with people that they can't easily communicate with.

It's been suggested that the auto-translate does not work quickly/well for japanese players (the input toggle between auto-translate and kana->kanji, etc. overlap unnicely).

And for some activities it is easier (if not more fun) when you can actually communicate effectively. Auto-translate, although great, does not really help with strategy. Especially when some words may be translated ambiguously.