Game is suddenly running horribly, and I have no idea why

[lyulf]

The game is basically unplayable for me right now. Everything is taking way longer to load, there is huge input lag, and all of the animations are slow and choppy. I could normally play using max graphics settings, but that has brought the game down to a crawl right now. I have to set the graphics down to standard for it to be any form of playable. Even then, there is a noticeable input lag of about a half second or more.

I think I first noticed this problem Friday, but I hadn't logged in for several days before encountering the problem. I have tried installing earlier video card driver versions, but that didn't seem to help any. My GPU is the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST for those wondering. I am not having this issue with any other game that I've noticed. Does anyone have a similar issue or know what the problem might be? Any other information that I could provide that would be helpful?

[CrisGer]

There has been massive numbers of players on..i note the same thing in certain areas, people have started crowding into certain FATE areas and I think it is having major impact as they just sit there and then all rush to each FATE hammer it and then go sit some more instead of playing the game. This is having a negative impact on the balance of the game. Also people are parking themselves near vendors to craft in the middle of the busiesst routes and that is another huge impact drain. Going to have to be some changes if people are not more considerate.

[RickiFake02]

I keep getting lobby server errors tonight. I can't even log in!

[lyulf]

There has been massive numbers of players on..i note the same thing in certain areas, people have started crowding into certain FATE areas and I think it is having major impact as they just sit there and then all rush to each FATE hammer it and then go sit some more instead of playing the game. This is having a negative impact on the balance of the game. Also people are parking themselves near vendors to craft in the middle of the busiesst routes and that is another huge impact drain. Going to have to be some changes if people are not more considerate.

I'm even encountering these issues in places like inns though! No idea what to do about it. I don't even know if the problem is on my end or SE's...

[Stalkster]

You clean your pc every month atleast(fans/filters/etc)? AKA check you cpu/gpu temps and see if there running hotter then normal.

[Mitzumi]

Well I've been one of the fortunate that have been playing since open beta with really no issues besides the ridiculous 3102, 90k, etc and having to spam login.... but all that was resolved.... still get 90k'd once or twice a day... but that's not why I'm on the forums right now. Today I make my first post since beta!!! Any how there I was last night, in Coil Turn 4, and we downed it!!! LEWTZ!!!!! BRD and DRG drop XD but anyhow I get on today and for some odd reason I am LAGGING!!!!!!! Not just lagging I mean LAGGING!!!! Not exactly sure on how this happened between shutting down my computer and turning it on today >.> So my first thing was to run a speed test.... 49.53 DL, 3.18 Up, 0% packet loss, 61 ms Latency, and 4 ms Jitter.... Sooooo yeah not my connection.... read some forums decided to do a tracert.... soooo this is what i ended up getting


Tracing route to traceip.ffxiv.com [202.67.52.81]
over a maximum of 50 hops:

1 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 10.109.64.1
2 8 ms 5 ms 11 ms 192.168.37.93
3 55 ms 55 ms 59 ms 192.168.100.189
4 60 ms 58 ms 58 ms xe-10-1-0.bar1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.78.14.21]
5 87 ms 93 ms 85 ms ae-13-13.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.137.138]
6 86 ms 86 ms 94 ms ae-91-91.csw4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.161]
7 88 ms 89 ms 87 ms ae-93-93.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.170]
8 91 ms 90 ms 101 ms ae-3-3.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.132.77]
9 85 ms 86 ms 85 ms ae-62-62.csw1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.18]
10 91 ms 85 ms 89 ms ae-1-60.edge2.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.69.144.15]
11 86 ms 86 ms 89 ms ASIA-NETCOM-ASIA-PACIFIC-LTD.TenGigabitEthernet1-2.ar5.LAX2.gblx.net [64.215.81.146]
12 186 ms 195 ms 190 ms gi8-0-0.cr1.nrt1.asianetcom.net [202.147.0.121]
13 189 ms 186 ms 187 ms gi1-0-0.gw1.nrt5.asianetcom.net [202.147.0.178]
14 186 ms 190 ms 186 ms squareco.asianetcom.net [203.192.149.210]
15 190 ms 241 ms 188 ms 61.195.56.129
16 180 ms 179 ms 197 ms 219.117.144.70
17 183 ms 183 ms 184 ms 219.117.144.49
18 177 ms 187 ms 187 ms 219.117.146.129
19 193 ms 192 ms 211 ms 219.117.146.38
20 197 ms 187 ms 190 ms 202.67.52.81

Trace complete.

So yeah idk I'm stuck and I really wanted to get my last Myth tombs for my AF +1 Chest piece today Q.Q
All I can do now it just hope when I get on tomorrow night that this will some how cleared it's self up....

[ZohnoReecho]

Well I've been one of the fortunate that have been playing since open beta with really no issues besides the ridiculous 3102, 90k, etc and having to spam login.... but all that was resolved.... still get 90k'd once or twice a day... but that's not why I'm on the forums right now. Today I make my first post since beta!!! Any how there I was last night, in Coil Turn 4, and we downed it!!! LEWTZ!!!!! BRD and DRG drop XD but anyhow I get on today and for some odd reason I am LAGGING!!!!!!! Not just lagging I mean LAGGING!!!! Not exactly sure on how this happened between shutting down my computer and turning it on today >.> So my first thing was to run a speed test.... 49.53 DL, 3.18 Up, 0% packet loss, 61 ms Latency, and 4 ms Jitter.... Sooooo yeah not my connection.... read some forums decided to do a tracert.... soooo this is what i ended up getting


Tracing route to traceip.ffxiv.com [202.67.52.81]
over a maximum of 50 hops:

1 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 10.109.64.1
2 8 ms 5 ms 11 ms 192.168.37.93
3 55 ms 55 ms 59 ms 192.168.100.189
4 60 ms 58 ms 58 ms xe-10-1-0.bar1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.78.14.21]
5 87 ms 93 ms 85 ms ae-13-13.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.137.138]
6 86 ms 86 ms 94 ms ae-91-91.csw4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.161]
7 88 ms 89 ms 87 ms ae-93-93.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.170]
8 91 ms 90 ms 101 ms ae-3-3.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.132.77]
9 85 ms 86 ms 85 ms ae-62-62.csw1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.18]
10 91 ms 85 ms 89 ms ae-1-60.edge2.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.69.144.15]
11 86 ms 86 ms 89 ms ASIA-NETCOM-ASIA-PACIFIC-LTD.TenGigabitEthernet1-2.ar5.LAX2.gblx.net [64.215.81.146]
12 186 ms 195 ms 190 ms gi8-0-0.cr1.nrt1.asianetcom.net [202.147.0.121]
13 189 ms 186 ms 187 ms gi1-0-0.gw1.nrt5.asianetcom.net [202.147.0.178]
14 186 ms 190 ms 186 ms squareco.asianetcom.net [203.192.149.210]
15 190 ms 241 ms 188 ms 61.195.56.129
16 180 ms 179 ms 197 ms 219.117.144.70
17 183 ms 183 ms 184 ms 219.117.144.49
18 177 ms 187 ms 187 ms 219.117.146.129
19 193 ms 192 ms 211 ms 219.117.146.38
20 197 ms 187 ms 190 ms 202.67.52.81

Trace complete.

So yeah idk I'm stuck and I really wanted to get my last Myth tombs for my AF +1 Chest piece today Q.Q
All I can do now it just hope when I get on tomorrow night that this will some how cleared it's self up....

You are not even pinging the game server.
Diabolos is 199.91.189.38

[Laraul]

Save yourself the trouble of trying to get an answer from technical support forums and get yourself a Magic Eight Ball. The answers it provides will be as good as any you receive here.

[buttfish]

Save yourself the trouble of trying to get an answer from technical support forums and get yourself a Magic Eight Ball. The answers it provides will be as good as any you receive here.

^X100000000000

[lyulf]

If anyone cares for an update, I'm a moron. I had moved my computer to another room one night, and it turns out that when I hooked it back up, I plugged my HDMI cable into my motherboard instead of my GPU. So instead of running my super cool video card, the crappy integrated video card was used instead, which made it run terribly. Yay for being dumb!