Unable to log in on one character.

[quantum]

First of all, I we are using Windows XP on two computers in my house, but I have read posts that players using Windows 7 also have had the problem.

Secondly, while logging in from the password screen, I frequently get the Error Message POL-0011 "Network busy or no response from server. Please try again later." I hit "Retry" and sometimes it works, sometimes it gets the same error message again.

Thirdly, while logging out in my Mog House, the game instantly logged out and went to the "Select Character" screen. Now, even in Asura as well as Quetzalcoatl, it sometimes does nothing for about 15-20 seconds after I click on "Log Out". If I click on "Log Out" again, it asks if I want to abort the Logout, which tells me it is logging out but very slowly as compared to 3 days ago.

Fourthly, after such a long wait to logout in my Mog House, the screen did not go to the "Select Character" screen, but went black and gave me error code FFXI-3100 "Cannot connect to lobby server". If this "lobby server" is the one that we go through to get to the servers for each world (Asura and Quetzalcoatl), then the problem could be there in that lobby server.

Add to that the "Search Failed" messages while looking at sale history on the AH and the congestion while using the Delivery system, it appears that something (modem, router, or lobby server) cannot handle the exchange fast enough.

But the big question is "Why did it start with me on June 3?" I had no problems with this before then (or it was very rare) and I made no changes to my setup. Maybe SE made changes in the game that my older system now cannot handle?

[Karbuncle]

i'm in windows 8 or 9 (whichever is the one htey designed for tablets but decided "Hey lets use it for PC as well")

[Karbuncle]

Add to that the "Search Failed" messages while looking at sale history on the AH and the congestion while using the Delivery system, it appears that something (modem, router, or lobby server) cannot handle the exchange fast enough.

I received these issues several time as well. I guess I should note at no time when i received these issues was my Internet speed anywhere below 100mbs, and all other services were and continue to behave normally, FFXI and by extension XIV are the only ones effected by this lobby server issues.

[quantum]

Yes, during some of those "delays" that started and the wait for a "Search Failed" reply, I noted that the R value was in the hundreds (I was not "R-0" at the time). The R and S numbers appeared to be normal.

[quantum]

Also, the rest of the family and myself has had no trouble surfing the internet or streaming videos or games (other than FFXI) through our current system of modem and router (set up about 2-3 months ago new and I reset both this morning, also).

[Karbuncle]

Still unable to log into either character since they zoned into Western Adoulin last night.

[BBWallace]

Are we even going to get a response? I'm starting to get agitated...

[Karbuncle]

Heres some information that perplexes me even further and makes me think its something funky with Square.

I was NOT able to log into my character on my brothers PC to get myself out of Western Adoulin, i experienced the same lost connection/lobbyerror/whatever issue when trying to log in... which means his Western Adoulin must be as broken as mine.

but I WAS however able to log his character in on my computer, which makes sense as I was able to enter and leave Ru'Lude last night, which is where he got booted at. So if it was our internet, it stands to reason I would be locked out of Ru'Lude just like he is, and I am not on my PC. So my Ru'lude works fine but his freezes him, and it seems Western Adoulin is broke for both of us.

[Karbuncle]

Tried all the work arounds that fixed it last time and they no longer work, my character is now stuck in Adoulin and I cannot access it at all from any PC in my house. Welp, time to request my refund for this month, I'm done :\

[quantum]

My zone of hangup is entering my PC's MOG HOUSE, 2 from the Mog Garden and one fron Bastok. One PC has been locked for the third day, another locked yesterday, and a third was locked at the same time as the first one but it came back when I tried to log it in later that day. I have missed 2 login days and counting down the third.

I called a GM about a hour ago in Quetzalcoatl, telling him I was stuck and asking for him to move my 2 stuck PCs to another zone so I can try to get access to them. Still waiting for a reply. Last line in log reads "Your call has been placed in the queue."