Frequent Lag - Only on FFXIV

[lunaryskupo]

I've been experiencing terrible, unplayable lag. I'd say it started since the 17th of this month, so it's a relatively new (and terrible) experience. I doubt it's because the servers are overpopulated due to the new patches, but who knows.

As I was writing this, it dropped to 0 Sending and 0 Receiving, then jumped back up to Receiving 1055. It's constantly doing this, but literally everything else non-related to XIV is perfectly, 100% cooperative.

Information:

- PC Windows 10
- I DC'd once two nights ago in a dungeon after experiencing lag for the entirety of it. I DC'd randomly out of nowhere, no lag or anything, last night in Palace of the Dead. Other than that, it's constant terrible ping from 50-9000. It's basically unplayable.
- Wireless Comcast -- 5.0 speed
- Discord, Paint Tool Sai, Steam (game is via Steam); I've tried with no programs running, as well.
- Every single night for the past week at around 7:00pm-12:00am or later.

I haven't tried anything to solve the issue because I don't know what I can possibly do. Other MMOs don't give me any lag problems whatsoever, streaming is fine, Discord is great. I have a pretty intense desktop so it isn't as though it can't handle the game itself. I don't lag on call when I'm on FFXIV, as in my voice is not choppy and there are no signs of disconnecting, so it's specifically a FFXIV issue (I think).

Help pls.

Thank you!

Lunarys