FFXIV Crashes randomly, mostly no error message (even after Windows reinstall)
	
	
		EDIT: The problem is now fixed. TL;DR: the game installs in a wonky way on external drives; install internally then run it externally. This will help you if you're crashing, and happen to have the game installed on an external drive! Check 2nd reply for more details!
Hello everyone!
First, I wanted to say I'm enjoying the hell out of the game. I have like 900+ hours of playtime. 
And just the last 10 have been terrible. The game just crashes directly to desktop, no error messages. Some times an error message shows up, mentioning the DX11 .exe. It used to happen on random loading screens, but now it's on login; I can create a new character in another world and it works just fine, but my main crashes immediately after finishing the loading screen. This is kinda upsetting at this point because in over 850+ hours I haven't had a single issue, and I've done a LOT of troubleshooting. Temperatures are non-issues, up to this point the game ran flawlessly on max settings. I have no overclocks either; if anything a slight undervolt with ThrottleStop (no reason for this to be the issue, all other games work fine - plus I've tried removing the undervolt and the game still crashes). The game still crashes with minimum settings.
Troubleshooting I've done:
-Restore game data
-Full reinstall of the game
-Delete local profile
-Run in DX9 (very bad framerate and the game also crashes, mentions ffxiv.exe instead of ffxiv_dx11.exe)
-Clean GPU drivers with DDU then reinstall latest driver (NVIDIA 511.79 as of today 03-20-2022)
-Disable Fullscreen optimizations
-Doing Clean Boot
-Disabled Steam Overlay
-Disable Game Mode in Windows
-Reinstalled Windows (yes, I took the nuclear option too. The game had this problem, and I restored Windows to see if it was fixed. The game worked fine for roughly 8 in-game hours, but now I'm having the same error - this is soul crushing).
-Ran it with and without MSI Afterburner (pretty much a must to cap framerate while keeping input lag away, don't think it's an issue after 900+ hours. Still tried with it off, doesn't fix it)
-Added exceptions to both Windows Defender and Firewall
-Windows 10 is updated
-I don't use GeForce Experience
Yes, even after reinstalling the entirety of Windows and wiping my drives clean the game is now crashing again. I've played other DX9, DX11 and DX12 games and I can play for hours without problems, so I don't think this is a hardware issue. In a few of the crashes it shows the famous ffxiv_dx11.exe error, but just in case I'll post a screenshot I took one time that error showed up. I've checked the Event Viewer and nothing shows up, all working fine. I've spent days on troubleshooting and now I just feel drained.
https://i.imgur.com/Vkjo1B1.png
This is an example of that same error when I try to login with DX9:
https://i.imgur.com/fj1pGwk.png
My system data:
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