Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
Welcome to Playstation. Everything goes through their servers... EVERYTHING. Like it or not, that's how PS4 and PS3 rolls. It's part of the deal when you develop for the system, and the alternative is simply not releasing FFXIV on the console.

So... you can argue til yer blue in the face really. The ones you need to argue with are Sony.
No, the alternative is to play on another platform.

OP, I understand your frustration, but your complaint would be more appropriate on Sony's forums. Ultimately I don't think anything will come out of complaining. It's Sony's platform and they dictate the rules.