you're not alone -

this has been happening to me since around the time the last mini-update occurred. my official SE response was that 'nobody else is having this problem'

This stuff used to happen on FFXI after updates every so often. The official response was always - 'the problem is on your end'.. until they had emergency maintenance to fix the problem...

that hasnt happend so far with this problem, its going on a week now. I'm 99% sure its not on my end as the only things i'm having problems with are ffxiv and the ffxiv website