JP Only

[Orophin]

I haven't seen any JP ONRY shouts but there are advertisements from JP players in only JP characters so they're definitely catering it to people that can only understand that language, which is fine. Most of us understand that they would prefer to play with people that can understand the language so it's easier to communicate things.

Now FF11 was another story...Lots of search comments said {English}{No Thanks} or JP ONLY. Who knows if this is going to crop up again with the new search system if it allows for custom comments.

[Exni]

It's really not that big of a deal, as you see FR/EN/DU onry shouts as well. Some people would rather not deal with the language barrier. Though in my 6 years of XI, and time on XIV, it has almost never been an issue. I have never been kicked from an otherwise full JP pt, although I have left a few myself (in my experience alot of JP grind pt's move at a much slower pace, they usually seem to have a more casual approach to it). Occasionally I may get ignored by someone recruiting for a JP pt, but I take no offense to that since they made it clear in the shout already. Since I love to play in the early mornings to get somethings done before the rest of my LS logs on, JP pt's have been the way to go since back in XI for me. I am completely against regional servers as it kills server population at different times throughout the day. IF SE fully commits to providing some regional servers I know I'd opt to stay on an international server, as they are working just fine for me.

[Issac]

I only see it when they are recruiting for ifrit or other similar instances/bosses.
But EXP parties? Very rare.

[bird]

my experience with the jp community in ffxiv has been positive. i can read kanji so i can understand the gist of what the jps are asking for when i see their grind pt shouts. i always send the shouter a tell in full auto-translation asking if i could join the party, including my battle class and level and a smiley face. never hurts to be extra nice when you're communicating with them. during the parties, the leader, knowing that i am the only english speaker in the party, would take extra patience to type out important commands in auto-translate. the only time i had trouble understanding them was when i made the mistake of using google translate to say "hello" and "thank you for inviting me" in japanese...they thought i was jp so it made the communications later much harder to understand lol. i also always remember to say thank you and the polite farewell phrases and bow after the party is over. extra courtesies are always encouraged when playing together with jps.

also, i have never seen any shouts on trabia with "jp only." maybe i'm just lucky.

[Issac]

my experience with the jp community in ffxiv has been positive. i can read kanji so i can understand the gist of what the jps are asking for when i see their grind pt shouts. i always send the shouter a tell in full auto-translation asking if i could join the party, including my battle class and level and a smiley face. never hurts to be extra nice when you're communicating with them. during the parties, the leader, knowing that i am the only english speaker in the party, would take extra patience to type out important commands in auto-translate. the only time i had trouble understanding them was when i made the mistake of using google translate to say "hello" and "thank you for inviting me" in japanese...they thought i was jp so it made the communications later much harder to understand lol. i also always remember to say thank you and the polite farewell phrases and bow after the party is over. extra courtesies are always encouraged when playing together with jps.

also, i have never seen any shouts on trabia with "jp only." maybe i'm just lucky.

Wait, you can read Kanji but cannot speak the language? How much Kanji can you read? There's thousands, and a few hundred required for basic communication, and 2000 (Last I checked) for high school proficiency. Did you perhaps mean hiragana/katakana?

Personally, I know about 30 Kanji and hiragana/katakana. I know maybe 100-200 vocabulary words, and so far have managed to wrap my head around a few particles like wa/ga, to/ya, ne/yo, and ni. Many of them still confuse me.

Or, maybe you learned Chinese? Many of the Kanji have different meanings in that respect, though. I... think. Not too too sure.

[bird]

Wait, you can read Kanji but cannot speak the language? How much Kanji can you read? There's thousands, and a few hundred required for basic communication, and 2000 (Last I checked) for high school proficiency. Did you perhaps mean hiragana/katakana?

Personally, I know about 30 Kanji and hiragana/katakana. I know maybe 100-200 vocabulary words, and so far have managed to wrap my head around a few particles like wa/ga, to/ya, ne/yo, and ni. Many of them still confuse me.

Or, maybe you learned Chinese? Many of the Kanji have different meanings in that respect, though. I... think. Not too too sure.

yup i'm chinese born and raised ^^. (note: not rmt even though my chocobo is named horsebird tyvm.)

jp shouts for parties usually included class names in kanji which are the same in chinese (even if they are antiquated terms) and levels in roman numerals. so super easy for me to understand and sneak in to the party undetected hehe.

[DeadRiser]

I love having like one Japanese speaking player in our party and when you are asking them or telling them to do something and they just sit there... your like wtf. Then they say, {I do not speak English} we are like lmao.

It has brought a lot of funny gaming moments sometimes. Also, a couple of patches ago, I actually grouped up with all Japanese people. I think it was in the morning. We got a lot done, and the language barrier wasn't that bad. Yeah it was time consuming, but it was still fun. They also play a lot better than some English players hehe

[PrettyPrincess]

QUIT SHOUTING D:

[Spellbinder]

No body buying a product in America should have to learn basic JP to use it!

Someone buying a product in America knowing before hand that it's from a Japan based company with international servers with Japanese players... would think about it.

[Antipika]

Someone buying a product in America knowing before hand that it's from a Japan based company with international servers with Japanese players... would think about it.

>Someone buying a product in America
>would think about it

Err, not like I want to troll but... no. And that doesn't apply to America alone. I'm French and it's the same in here. For most of people here (i.e. the average consumer), when a product or a service is purchased in their own territory, the average consumer expect everything to be in native language. People couldn't care less if it's a JP company selling the product/service or not.