Ok, so, I did some more troubleshooting today and I think I pretty much figured out what is causing the problem. When I first installed and started playing FFXIV I was using a Logitech USB controller, when I transported my computer I started using an XBOX 360 controller. Today, I altered some of the graphics settings while my brother had the controller, and just gave the game a go. It ran perfectly fine with no crashes. I turned the graphics back to what I had originally, and again, no crashes. I plug in the Xbox controller and use the default gamepad settings in the config and start the game up. And you guessed it, it crashes during battle just as it did before!

What exactly does this mean? Do I need to alter my gamepad settings? The XBOX controller works fine on other games.

P.S!!!! Also when I disconnect the controller after the game crashes, it closes!! What the heck!