Game sets processor affinity to 2 cores out of 8

[worldofneil]

at least I have a good workaround.

Sorry, but I'm afraid you don't for long.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...9d4dcbcf2c5f4d

SE have announced a few days ago that from the end of this month, after 5 years, they're changing things to force Steam users to have to launch the game via Steam and we'll no long be able to run the launcher directly.

There's a big thread about this here which might be of interest to you: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...n-%28Mar.-8%29