Server Divided by Language

[MyKotoShi]

Well I happened to catch a nice read into a Japanese post within their section of the forums and this is the link I've had the pleasure to find:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...81%84%E3%81%A6

Google Translate should be able to help for those who can't read Japanese, but the topic being discussed, and has a nice amount of reply's/viewer's, is about dividing servers by native languages.

I'm not a big fan of the idea and certainly wouldn't want to see the lovely Japanese talk vanish from our servers, but I thought it might be an interesting topic for the English speakers as well (regardless of outcome).

[Archadius]

Diversity is good, when you can understand each other anyways. I know the Internet has advanced communication by lightyears but there is still something truly inspiring about being able to converse with someone on the other side of the world.

[Anty]

having multi-language servers is one of the reasons i stick to this game. People playing tend to be more openminded.
And i love to meet people from other countries online. On mmos with language servers i usually go on servers with another language... its just more interesting.

[Averix]

I found that one of the hardest things to get accustomed to in Final Fantasy XI. It made for some very odd things like trying to communicate in group at first and I thought it was a major downfall to the game and why it didn't get twice as many subs to be honest. However, with this game as it currently stands, all that would do is hurt the game that much more. There is barely a population as it is on any given server. If you then cut it in half, people that turn on the game are going to be wondering where the MM in MMORPG is...

Also: I really enjoy the Japanese community. I think they make up for the general anger and nastiness others have while playing online.

[hemp]

I realy hope they dont do this as i play on a gmt time zone but i work mostly nights this mean's i play through the day time which is jap prime time most grinding pty's i have are with them this would leave me paddling up s**t creak without a paddle :'(

[Molly_Millions]

Absolutely not! Half of my LSes primary language is not english, I'd be pissed.

[Nipa]

Having international servers is probably the only thing on which this game didn't fail too much.

I still dream of a big international server, instantiated if needed. Of course its the wrong game to dream.

[Renshi]

(Please use the auto-translating function.)

[Reinheart]

(Please use the auto-translating function.)

Would like to see them upgrade the stupid auto-translating function... I still have hard time since FFXI why item names don't pop up in auto-translator once the item is in the inventory... have to wait or I remember had to equip/unequip or something like that to finally make it pop up in the auto-translator. Good thing I speak both but damn I hated translating almost 80% of the time between JP and NA players for dynamis and some other events lol, even got asked to translate between two linkshells I'm not even running or inside lol

Did they ever fix the <t> mob names in XIV not showing in players native language yet? I didn't test partying with NA players recently and been with JP guys only so shows up JP mob names on mine, but before I did <t> and on the NA client it showed up Japanese name which kind of sucked... I'm sure that one is a easy fix [mob_name] being assigned to your own language [mob_name] instead of just sending it text/variable...

[Renshi]

Would like to see them upgrade the stupid auto-translating function...

Ohoh, yes I would.
Let them implement translations for Leves, Quests, Party Search System and every future content they'll release (like Dungeons and Quest Hubs). Just more references in order to promote international communication =)

I've never tried the <t> thing though. I'd give it a shot testing it with my LS mates this evening.