another maintenance that didnt sort the major issues

[silverlunarfox]

I have been in contact with the tech support via email and I tried everything they have suggested and nothing has changed because if it was my end or the end of my ISP this would've been resolved already. forwarding ports didn't change anything either.

Again, if its an ISP along your route, you may simply be out of luck. There is nothing Square can do about a forwarding issue that has nothing to do with their ISP and server. So everything could be fine with you and your ISP, but somewhere along the path to Square, something is not fine, and likely there is zero you can do about it. You don't just go from your ISP to Squares (NTT) all the time (largely my provider does). Sometimes it goes other ways before making it to the final destination. Other games may not have that issue due to server locations, ISP routes along the way. If you're far from the server, a VPN can help but they arent foolproof. And like you said, can be an added cost.

I tried helping a friend but it turned out his ISP had a bad connection along the route as well as his connection to Square. It was a double whammy of lag/disconnect.

[SimplyJames168]

Again, if its an ISP along your route, you may simply be out of luck. There is nothing Square can do about a forwarding issue that has nothing to do with their ISP and server. So everything could be fine with you and your ISP, but somewhere along the path to Square, something is not fine, and likely there is zero you can do about it. You don't just go from your ISP to Squares (NTT) all the time (largely my provider does). Sometimes it goes other ways before making it to the final destination. Other games may not have that issue due to server locations, ISP routes along the way. If you're far from the server, a VPN can help but they arent foolproof. And like you said, can be an added cost.

I tried helping a friend but it turned out his ISP had a bad connection along the route as well as his connection to Square. It was a double whammy of lag/disconnect.

well it doesn't matter because I never had these issues previously..i just unsubscribed from the game indefinitely as unless its sorted its not worth my time or nerves