Personally, I like the different dialects that are spoken, Ancient beings like the Ascians and Primals are bound to have a different dialect, because they primarily speak within their own cliques or with no one at all, so their dialect would not change. If you cannot read old English then I recommend reading some Shakespeare, because the Old English being used in this game is minimal at best and really shouldn't be hard to read assuming you paid attention in public education.


I mean we have Ramuh saying "Knowing that thy mere presence here portendeth tragedy, wilt thou persist in this pretense of peacemaking?"

While we have Shakespeare saying "And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy. But come here as before, never, so help you mercy how strange or odd soe'er I bear myself--As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on--That you at such time seeing me never shall with arms encumbered thus, or this headshake, or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase as 'Well, we know' or "We could an if we would' or 'If we list to speak' or 'There be, an if they might' or such ambiguous giving out, to note that you know aught or mee--this do not do so grace and mercy at your most need help you, swear."

I believe Ramuh (and the rest of the Old English speaking cast of FFXIV) is quite easy to understand...