Unable to play whatsoever "lobby server encountered an error 5006"

I am unable to play FFXIV at all whatsoever! As soon as I press start on the title screen, I always receive the following error message, "The lobby server encountered an error 5006" and then the game automatically exits.

I am not even able to get to the character selection screen or anything. The error occurs as soon as I hit start on my PS4 controller


I am using the PC version from Square Enix. Not running Steam version

Does anybody know what the problem could be?

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Is the PC connected to WiFi or are using an Ethernet cable? Additionally what have you tried so far to alleviate the issue?

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