(01-22-2015, 12:49 PM)Kamome Wrote: I'm wondering because I'm getting ready to RP my main, who is a fairly fresh Doman immigrant (~2-3 months) and she would still be struggling with a new language. I want to begin RPing her tonight but this is the last thing I am stuck on. I might just have to tweak her backstory a bit and make her a less recent immigrant.
There's actually a relatively good chance that your character would already be familiar with Eorzean Common as a language (or whatever they choose to call it). The Garleans seem to speak it, and trade with Othard/the rest of the world was commonplace until very recently. Domans certainly have their own language, or at least catalogue of words if the ninja quests are any indication, but there doesn't seem to be a hard language barrier in place.
As for the Echo, there are some who play it and some who don't. A lot of folks shy away from taking that sort of mantle for their RP, and there are plenty who feel they're the hero so it's not a big deal. You'll find folks in both camps.