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yeah, trying to contact customer support and you can guess i got the port forwarding suggestion but that didnt work, i did ask if i can maybe fix the issue, maybe get a disc that will install everything up to now (just cut the need for internet should solve whole issue) or like in the case of the ps4, maybe when you download the title it will download the whole up to date game, this way it would actually not have any issues.
No doubt the game launcher/updater is largely part of the issue, SE know about it as this issue goes back several months ago (if not longer) and players never got help so had left the game.
Apparently it is not even worth looking at for them, the older thread with this issue (along with a possible fix someone mentioned) is now under the resolved section.
That in itself is bad service
Manually setting up my connection, but using Google's DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) prevented any errors and worked the first time, for me.
Thank you Karihi. That simple tip worked wonderfully and without all that technical stuff i was doing lol. ...This is confirmed for those struggling still on this issue....this may or may not work for you. First i allowed access to port 80 through my router; turned off wifi on everything connected to the internert and then manually set up my internet connection on the ps4. You will first need to check your connection in network settings ( its the bottom option); then write down your ip address, submask address, default gateway, primary dns and secondary dns. Then choose to setup a connection manually. Choose your router/modem. Erase the 0.0.0.0 in each line and enter all of the information in each section that you wrote down to the corresponding area except for the primary and secondary dns. In the primary dns, i entered 8.8.4.4 and for secondary i put 8.8.8.8
Click ok then click automatic for the next one and dont allow pppoe. Test your connection after to make sure everything was entered properly and you habe a connection. Proceed to log in ffxiv again and let the download process run its course. My download exceeded past the point of error and continued till the end. This took a long time to download, but it worked, thank goodness. You may be able to skip the rest of the stuff i did and go right to the manual connection steps. Those are just what i did. Good luck to you all =).