Quote Originally Posted by hagare View Post
If you know your role and the general strat used for the encounter then it's fine.

There is pretty much no content that actually needs complicated communication.
Yes, I agree. If you do know your role and the general strategy, it should be okay. And as long as people greet each other in some form.

But when people do not know the strategy it becomes a problem.

One of my LS friends was in Tam Tara Deepcroft (Hard). She had queued for a Japanese language group. One person had never been in there before and only spoke English. This person did not know the strategy for the first boss and killed the adds. My friend tried to explain in Japanese first, but the other person couldn't understand. She then tried to explain in broken English, but the person still couldn't understand. They wiped at the first boss 3 times. They eventually voted to abandon the dungeon.

I guess the person queued for Japanese, despite not being able to speak it, because they wanted to get into the ID faster. But in the end, that person wasted 3 other people's time, and no one got any benefit.

Later, my friend asked me how she should have explained it in English. She wrote a memo so she can explain it to another person if the same situation happens again. (As far as I know, it hasn't.)
I think my friend was very kind to go out of her way to write a memo to help English-only speakers who queue for Japanese parties. She has no obligation to explain it in English in the Japanese-language group, but she is trying her best anyway.

As you mentioned, knowing the general strategy is key. As long as everyone can function together to clear the dungeon, be it by preparation, auto-translate usage, or learning a few simple phrases, there is no problem.

It especially becomes a problem in PvP, where strategy is often discussed. PvP sometimes does require complicated communication. It is tough when a couple people in the group cannot understand the strategy and work as a group.