I doubt I could learn to speak Japanese at this point, nor could I relocate because we already built a house and have a 1.5yo baby so options are limited :). Plus I was thinking about something smaller, not really an AAA studio because from what we here often working for these studios is a constant crunch, and that’s not what I’m really after.
I tried the free trial of FF14 and I enjoyed it briefly some time ago, but then they made a change that made it basically impossible to log in on the free account so I stopped.
I see. You definitely could learn japanese ... if you want to. If you don't want it's another story xD. In any case, about FF14, trial works still (I had no problems) and I recommend this client for Mac https://github.com/marzent/XIV-on-Mac - which is better than the official hehe.
I tried the free trial of FF14 and I enjoyed it briefly some time ago, but then they made a change that made it basically impossible to log in on the free account so I stopped.