Any plans to address severe server issues?

[Claviusnex]

You don't see much in General because these types of problems are usually opened in the Tech Support forum.

It isn't just Comcast. I've been seeing problems on Spectrum here on the East Coast. This was also posted to Lodestone today:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...281.1486936301

[Selova]

Snip.

It has nothing to do with people's ISP. Last night doing O4 and Rabanastre before reset over half the raid kept lagging/d'cing constantly. Once again, this has nothing to do with unstable internet if that many people were having issues all at the same time.

[dotsforlife]

It has nothing to do with people's ISP. Last night doing O4 and Rabanastre before reset over half the raid kept lagging/d'cing constantly. Once again, this has nothing to do with unstable internet if that many people were having issues all at the same time.

Read the other posts before responding.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It has nothing to do with people's ISP. Last night doing O4 and Rabanastre before reset over half the raid kept lagging/d'cing constantly. Once again, this has nothing to do with unstable internet if that many people were having issues all at the same time.

Except in this case it has everything to do with the ISP's. You can have stable internet to one site, and have it be completely borked to another site. The internet isn't just a thing that works or doesn't work, there are a lot of connection points that can fail along the pathways to different servers that control web traffic, streaming, and game services.

If it was the FFXIV servers, LITERALLY EVERYONE would be having issues.

[Maero]

While myself i have had rather bad lag for sometime now since the server move (not every day but past month it seems so) i think it may very well be at your end.
They should however still invest in better hardware

[Zumi]

Comcast was having major problems all day yesterday along with ddos attacks. There is nothing SE can do about ddos attacks you have to just wait it out.

[Selova]

Read the other posts before responding.

Already did, and none of the issues are on my end, if it was it would be more consistent than it has been and given that prior to yesterday I never have connection and latency issues. I'm not buying that it's not server related, sorry.

[reiichi]

To add in, pinging random website A and B gives nothing valuable to compare to pinging FFXIV's servers. Especially if they aren't even hosted in the same areas.

Packet loss can occur anywhere on the path from the OP's computer to the datacenter hosting FFXIV. I would recommend running a traceroute and if you haven't, post it in the Support forums thread. (Maybe here if you want other users with tech knowledge to take a look at where your connection is going bad.)

It may also be wise to try a trial of WTFast or another gaming VPN to see if it's possibly the route you get from your ISP to the game which is causing the packet loss.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Already did, and none of the issues are on my end, if it was it would be more consistent than it has been and given that prior to yesterday I never have connection and latency issues. I'm not buying that it's not server related, sorry.

Do you blame your destination when the highway is backed up, even if you can get to the gas station right next to your current location without any trouble?

If it was the servers, no one would be playing. How is this difficult to understand? And I'm sorry, but "I can go to websites and stream netflix" is not valid "my internet is fine" troubleshooting technique. Also. Prior to yesterday, Comcast and Level3 were not having problems. This is a confirmed fact, they are the cause of the issues.

[Xerek]

This is going in different directions. The difficulties of last night and today are an issue SE is aware of. It's affecting a number of people. In my early Expert roulette the tank DCed twice and a DPS DCed once. This, as others noted, is a known issue, but it's not on SE's end.

However, that was last night and today. If you've been having consistant connection issues for a month, that is something entirely different, and not something most players have been experiencing. The advise regarding contacting your ISP is a valid one.