FPS Drops since 6.1 has made the game unplayable for me.

[Thukoolo]

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Wired or WIFI connection?
When the issue occurs/How often?
Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
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Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?

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[BahamutAxiom]

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We apologize for any inconvenience experienced when trying to play Final Fantasy XIV. For us to better assist you, please respond with the following information:

Error messages received:
Wired or WIFI connection?
When the issue occurs/How often?
Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
All steps taken to resolve the issue:
Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?

Lastly, please be sure to close out of any overlays (NVIDIA, Discord, Steam etc.) to help resolve this issue.

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Thanks for responding, Thukoolo.

Wired or WIFI connection?
-WIFI

When the issue occurs/How often?
-It happens during the entirety of a gaming session. I have noticed that around more players, the worse the drops are.

Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
-I only have one character so far, so only one.

All steps taken to resolve the issue:
-I'm not sure if this one is a question or not, but I'll add the steps I took:
-Turning all display and graphical settings to their lowest has no effect
-Switching from Fullscreen to either of the two options actually made the FPS drop further and stay consistently around 10-11 with stutters and highs of 15.
-I deleted and reinstalled the game twice and have seen no change, though at first, for a few minutes upon starting from a fresh install, FPS seems stable, but the problem returns at the same level of inconsistent drops.

Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?
-Unfortunately, I'm not sure if this is selected. My subscription ended since first posting this question. Is there any way to check settings without logging in?