Surprisingly, in XI, my experience was split. In my 4 years, I was mainly on Alexander and the overall relationship with the JP community and NA was rough. I would frequently see search comments "NA {no thanks}". I spent about a year total on Pheonix and it was nowhere near as extreme.

A lot of times, it helped to start a /tell off by saying hello, good evening, or thank you in Japanese. Even if i just typed it in english letters, they appreciated my effort and that's all it usually took mostly.