Btw how do you write using hiragana in this game do you use some 3rd pt software to do it?

What Raj said is true learning another language is not easy as you can probably tell from my numerous grammar errors =D

I probably could only write simple phrases like "that guy", "yes/no" and "run" in Japanese but it would be cool if there was some way to write using Hiragana that I know. Besides it would be good practice in learning new words. Ofcourse nothing beats school teaching (4 days of Japanese/week ugh), but being able to use what you know would be a good motivation to my studies.

So can you only write in Japanese with JP copy of XIV and a Japanese keyboard or is there a western workaround out there?