Quote Originally Posted by worldofneil View Post
I know you said you've reinstalled Windows four times, but have you actually reinstalled the game? (instead of just copying the files off then copying them back each time which I've done myself as it's much more convenient!).

It's possible you have corrupted files causing the crash which would need a reinstall (and subsequent updates) to fix.

But if you have reinstalled the game as well then ignore this post, just mentioning just in case!
I also stress installing a fresh copy of the game as well. I had various issues when first starting out last year; I used a compressed version of the game from a thumbdrive to copy onto my computer. That resulted in the game always crashing during the opening cinematic, as well as in Limsa. Turns out, the files were corrupted and a fresh install fixed it right up.