Constantly crashing

[Ubermann]

Bumpga IV. Fix this crap!

[Klutz64]

For me, the game has been getting progressively worse. At first I didn't experience any problems, then every maintenance something new pops up.

Now I'm getting the occasional lag spike, that stupid negative queue when logging in, and also every once in a great while the game will crash when about to engage a crowded FATE (even with all effects turned off)

[Nik81]

I'm having a similar issue, and have been sense about 3 days after official launch when I got the game. I can play perfectly fine on custom settings based off the High Desktop settings, without any lag or latency issues. However randomly, with no common event or place so far as I can tell, the game will crash.
Could be 5 mins after logging on, or 5 hrs. No error or anything, just a FFXIV has stopped working and windows is shutting down the program. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, and I've not had this issue running WoW when I played that. It does, much less often then FFXIV, happen on a rare occasion when playing a game in my Steam library. Any tips or advice, or fixes if someone else has found one, would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

I usually play in full screen, but have crashed with both min and max graph. settings, in windowed and full.
------System info.----

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name NIK-PC
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7693
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor, 3600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V10.3, 3/28/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Nik-PC\Nik
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.95 GB
Available Physical Memory 5.58 GB
Total Virtual Memory 15.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 13.0 GB
Page File Space 7.95 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

----latest crash report, i believe. 11/6 was the last day i played this week--
11/6/2013 3:34 AM Application Error Faulting application name: ffxiv.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5266ada2
Faulting module name: nvd3dum.dll, version: 9.18.13.2049, time stamp: 0x51c40fa2
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x005ac81b
Faulting process id: 0xf70
Faulting application start time: 0x01ceda9fb04a3b51
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvd3dum.dll
Report Id: 4b955482-4694-11e3-b6ef-d43d7ebf74ca

[Kennitus]

Same here about Fate grinding, so I'm not the only one. I've openned a new thread hoping to have some answers...

[RoxasVentus]

I had the same crashing problem every 10mins. I thought it was a software issue that is why I tried to reinstall the game. Now I can't even patch it back up and keeps saying I lost connection with the server. One problem after another. Sigh.

[Kennitus]

I recommend you to wait until SE do something... they'll surely do.

[bebop_bo]

I recommend you to wait until SE do something... they'll surely do.

se fix something!? lol :-/ this issue has been going on since beta along with the disconnects, do ya self a favour, pay to play another game cuz this prob aint guna be fixed it jus gets worse!

[TanisHalfelven]

..throwing my hat into the 90k then 2002 error fun.. would be nice if SE actually fixed something instead of throwing a god damn band-aid on stuff and actually use some money and fix this issue. Stop being so damn cheap with the one component that you cant afford to be cheap on.

[Marishi-Ten]

..throwing my hat into the 90k then 2002 error fun.. would be nice if SE actually fixed something instead of throwing a god damn band-aid on stuff and actually use some money and fix this issue. Stop being so damn cheap with the one component that you cant afford to be cheap on.

90k/2002 isn't an issue with your hardware or the end point server hardware, but with the networking side. You're dropping packets somewhere. Enough to force a disconnect (90k is in game and 2002 is the lobby). It's not Square that is the catalyst for the issue, but either your ISP, or the backbone you're traveling down to reach the Montreal data center.

To narrow down the problem, you will need to trace route your path to the server (links below) and post them here to be looked at. You won't be able to do much about it, but at least it will show that the issue isn't with you or Square:

Trace Route How To - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162326

Your Servers IP Address - Sargatanas 199.91.189.33 http://www.arrstatus.com/

Backbone Status (yellow and red are bad) - http://www.internetpulse.net/

[Kennitus]

lol I know SE will not fix that (I mean give them some time, it's been only 2 months since the release, seriously)... just trying to cheer up others. For my part I'm fine, no disconnection issue just like 5% of Fate crashes.