I find it amazing I need so many things just to play the game reliably (PS4)

[Erudito]

So currently, with the server side disaster which is Stormblood, I have had to put my PS4 through its paces, buy a backup battery and now, apparently, I need to get a VPN (or however that is called) like WTFast or something just to play the game reliably.

To reiterate, currently, there is an error that if you turn off your PS4 or you lose power suddenly, you have re-download the whole of FFXIV which is 23.8 gigs apparently. To prevent this, my PS4 has not been properly shut down in weeks (using rest mode) and a battery backup had to be put up.

Then, we have the fiasco that started with 4.01, anyone and everyone playing on an NA server that is not in the NA landmass (I am in Puerto Rico, so this affects me) will suffer through constant and persistent disconnects one after the other. Mostly happening in dungeons but can happen anywhere. So now I hear that the only way to fix this reliably is to use a VPN. Guess what, I am on PS4, time to start research into VPNs to see if I can put my PS4 through it.

Only other alternative to a VPN is to wait for SE to address the issue, but you know as well as I do that they will not so slow its as if they are not doing anything or that they are not gonna do anything at all because the majority of their player base is happy.

Stormblood is an amazing expansion that has been punched, stabbed and otherwise ruined by server shenanigans like poor capacity or DDoS attacks.

What else is going to happen? That I can't play at all unless I move to a pre-specified server? Come on people, things need addressing and fast!