Quote Originally Posted by Petdo View Post
I don't know why they hate English speaker players this much.

Do you guys every fake JP and join these party? And how you do that to avoid them detect our inability to understand JP language?
Its purely the awkwardness of the language barrier, the hate is not that strong.

Both in 14 and XI I talked my way into many, many, MANY jp teams. And I do not know more than just a few phrases. As long as you can show some things they will accept you I'd say 2/3 times.

1. Be extremely polite, ask permission to do anything out of the norm
2. Always greet well, like say "Yoroshiku" or something when you send them a tell
3. Know what you're doing before you get in there


Word actually gets around in JP communities. If you're an non JP who is consistently getting the job done and not a pooper, you will visibly feel the effect where its like they dont look at you twice any more, you get vited in right away etc. All because a few people recognize you.

Back in FFXI I actually reached 75 in a JP static and JP ls, because I had strange hours and they were aware I wouldn't freak out or anything when playing.