Will the local people in Kugane speak "Olde English"?

[Jonnycbad]

such as the player's character) have what is called xenoglossia, the ability to perceive and understand other languages without having learned to speak and read them normally. So to an Echo user like the Warrior of Light, a Doman would be speaking in 'Eorzean' when to the Doman they're communicating in Doman (or whatever the Doman's native tongue is).

This explains why the player-character understands Beastmen, right?

[Zojha]

This explains why the player-character understands Beastmen, right?

But it begs the question why it doesn't translate Urianger.

[LuminaLumi]

As a non native speaker of English, I have to admit that the localization of this game makes it really hard to follow the story sometimes, especially all the long non-voiced dialogue. This game has a ton of text in all quests compared to other MMO's like WoW and while it's nice from a lore perspective, often times it's frustrating for me to read (like Urianger and the rogue quests). Also I use the Japanese voices and sometimes you can get the meaning better from that.

[duvvvv]

As a non native speaker of English, I have to admit that the localization of this game makes it really hard to follow the story sometimes, especially all the long non-voiced dialogue. This game has a ton of text in all quests compared to other MMO's like WoW and while it's nice from a lore perspective, often times it's frustrating for me to read (like Urianger and the rogue quests). Also I use the Japanese voices and sometimes you can get the meaning better from that.

same here, the JP dialogue seem less...archaic than the EN one, and I'm curious why that's the choice. I've played Lord of the Rings Online, and though there's walls upon walls of texts in that game in modern English, the characters still give off an ancient vibe especially the elves. I suppose it has a lot to do with the writing itself.