Frequent R0 lag spikes and freezing

[Pia]

2 perfect nights for me and now......R0 back again, and they're huge spikes, started 11:40pm EST :'(

any chance you could respond to us please SE?

[Pezant]

Yeah the lag was bad for about 5-10 minutes or so then it went back to normal.

[Iggy]

If we can go to Sunday I think ill be satisfied. Its very coincidental how cox told me something got "fixed" but weren't specific about it, and now things seem to be working again... all around the nation... is that what they meant by my "neighbors"...

I would not take what Cox says to heart about that. I have Mediacom and when I have issues and call them up (which is often), the automated machine response is "we are experiencing an outage in your area. Please keep this in mind while we connect you to a representative." This message never changes though... and no they are NOT having an outage >.>

I am also having these same frequent disconnects--short bursts of intermittent inactivity...enough to kick you off for. But happening frequently enough to where I'm afraid to do anything in-game with other people. I don't want to be that "guy who always dcs". I went through the R25 dungeon and got stuck with the gladiator sword that I already had one of. Someone else really needed it. But I dced, so I got the sword. What if that had been the R50 dungeon? I'd be that guy who "conveniently disconnects at the worst moment".

Anyway, I had a decent night last night too, but it was back again today. I have only found 1 solution to my problem.

I have to use my phone's internet. Yeah. I'm pretty sure its just in incompatibility with several ISPs and SE's server system. Until they get it worked out, I cannot use my ISP to play it. My phone's internet works great though. What I'm talking about is something like Verizon's Mobile Broadband Connect, but the version I use is completely free. Before you attempt this, make sure you are using an Unlimited Data Plan, as I'm sure this would wrack up the bills quickly. You need a smartphone (iPhone or Android) and a usb charger/datacable to connect your phone to your computer. Download the PDAnet application from apple store or android market (this should be free. If it's not, your not on the right one). It will walk you through installation on your phone and your computer. This is seriously the smoothest connection I've ever experienced with this game. Still haven't DCed (although it turns yellow if I'm rapidly sending texts back and forth). When I tell my roommates how I fixed my problem, they thought it was pitiful that I have to use my phone to play when i pay over $60 bucks for monthly home internet. But at least my DCs in XIV aren't bringing down the house's internet still (they hated me for that!)

Anyway, obviously this does NOT fix the problem and this issue needs to be addressed really quickly. But for those of you with smart phones and unlimited data plans, this is a temporary quick-fix to get you playing again that you may not have thought of. Cheers!

[Pia]

Yeah the lag was bad for about 5-10 minutes or so then it went back to normal.

Okies, I panicked, this was the same for me, I posted as soon as it was happening to see if others were experiencing it, but it did only last 5-10 mins.

[Bluetaro]

Okies, I panicked, this was the same for me, I posted as soon as it was happening to see if others were experiencing it, but it did only last 5-10 mins.

Hang in there Pia. I'm sure as long as we collect as much information as we can about the problems we're experiencing SE will have the best chance at fixing the issues.

[Zardan]

It's back!!!!!!!!!!!

8:32pm PST

Reply from 202.67.49.53: bytes=32 time=164ms TTL=240
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 202.67.49.53: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=239

I noticed your TTL dropped by 1, this means that your data is taking a different route to reach the servers (For every router your traffic passes trough the TTL is reduced by 1). This is usually caused by network outages or load balancing and is normally not very notable by the users but in some cases it can be.
Try do a trace route right before it usually gets unstable and save that, then do a few more when it gets unstable and compare them.

[Drako]

Ya I experienced that same R0 spike. But that was about it for the night. Also cox in my area went completely down between 12am and 1am. I didnt care cause i passed out prior. My sis told me when i got up for a min.

[Myrrdraal]

Anyone notice anything after the maintenance today? Was wondering what that was all about.

[Orophin]

Patch notes just referenced some minor bug squashing. Nothing relating to the prior connectivity problems though.

Got to do Ifrit for like 4 hours last night with no hiccups. Got a bunch of wins but no drops. Least others in my LS got things they could use.

[Colino]

Having the exact same issues as described by OP

os windows 7
graphics card: gtx 560 ti
internet provider: Chess Telecom (UK)

Happens upwards of 5 to 6 times a session (5-6 hour play session). May I also add this has NEVER happened to me prior to patch 1.19