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.)

[Petori]

Thanks for the offer but I'll pass.

[Prox]

Please DO NOT divide servers by language. It keeps the world alive during all hours of the day. And the interaction with JP/EU players was awesome in FFXI and is one of the main reasons I play FFXIV.