Am I the only one experiencing this?

You're not the only one -- and a lot still can't even break into the game. Does the jap version have all these issues or is CS putting us "foreigners" in the back burner? Sure smells like it. These problems have gone on way too long to be slow work with zero progress reports. Or even any acknowledgement of problems. It sounds like English is a has-been version to them. Really a damn shame because the basic theme and music and graphics rock, but it's now just a jap version of Royal Quest.