Hi,

Everyday for the past 2 weeks I have been having terrible lag starting at 1:30pm hawaii time. In the mornings or late evenings I have 0 problems, only from 1:30 to about 6pmish.
I can only assume this is because it is prime time server for mainland players and could be causing the issue? I have no lag on any other internet applications, this problem is stuck with FFXIV.
I have read some posts about TWC maybe having a problem and that is what I use (oceanic TWC).
Additionally, I have tried ping reducing things like pingzapper and others to no avail.

However, this is what I find when I do a ping test (I figured out how to do that on another post):

Pinging 184.107.107.176 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=161ms TTL=47
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=159ms TTL=47
Request timed out.
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=171ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 184.107.107.176:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 159ms, Maximum = 171ms, Average = 163ms

Pinging 184.107.107.176 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=162ms TTL=47
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=161ms TTL=47
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=161ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 184.107.107.176:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 161ms, Maximum = 162ms, Average = 161ms


Pinging 209.130.141.243 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.130.141.243: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.130.141.243: bytes=32 time=191ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.130.141.243: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.130.141.243: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 209.130.141.243:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 191ms, Maximum = 200ms, Average = 194ms

Pinging 202.67.53.202 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=168ms TTL=45
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=168ms TTL=45
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=45
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 202.67.53.202:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 168ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 168ms


So I think that (25%) packet loss thing is a problem? >.>

My lag consists of normal play, and then GIANT lag spikes. Sometimes it is just a second or two, sometimes its a good 10 seconds or more.
If I can't resolve this sometime soon, I will just have to stop playing. I like the game, but it is useless if I can't play during normal hours.