Quote Originally Posted by Mindrivet View Post
There is no reason why I should have to pay monthly for this game and also a stupid VPN service. How do I fix the root of my problem? I know very little about the problem, I have a 2002 connection error and someone suggested WTFast which fixed it (pingzapper and mudfish don't though, some reason)... but I don't want to have to pay for another program just to play this one!

Can someone tell me how to fix the root of the problem?
The issue that you are having seems to coincide with the issue being discussed in the following thread. Please look over the following thread and post your information there if relevant.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...NA-Data-Center