Hello, I started experiencing connection issues while playing last evening (2022-08-09). I was in DSR and when a phase transition would occur my connection appeared to lag and my skill animations were missing (I noticed it the most on the transition from phase 5 to phase 6). Now zone transitions appear to take longer to load, and swapping jobs also has a noticeable lag/delay.

This thread is similar to what I'm experiencing: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...nd-packet-loss

Performing a tracert shows there are several hops on the ntt.net network which appear to be dropping packets.

Code:
HOST:                                 Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  5.|-- lo0-0.gw2.cjj1.us.linode.com                 0.0%     2    0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.0
  6.|-- ???                                         100.0     2    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  7.|-- be2073.ccr31.jfk10.atlas.cogentco.com        0.0%     2    2.3   2.4   2.3   2.5   0.0
  8.|-- ae-13.r01.nycmny17.us.bb.gin.ntt.net         0.0%     2    2.3   2.3   2.2   2.3   0.0
  9.|-- ae-2.r21.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net          0.0%     2    2.5   2.4   2.4   2.5   0.0
 10.|-- ae-3.r22.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net          0.0%     2   21.3  21.5  21.3  21.7   0.0
 11.|-- ae-1.r23.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net         50.0%     2   21.1  21.1  21.1  21.1   0.0
 12.|-- ae-1.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net         50.0%     2   71.5  71.5  71.5  71.5   0.0
 13.|-- ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net          0.0%     2   74.8  74.7  74.7  74.8   0.0
 14.|-- xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net  0.0%     2   74.8  74.9  74.8  75.0   0.0
 15.|-- 204.2.229.230                                0.0%     2   74.8  74.8  74.7  74.8   0.0
 16.|-- 204.2.229.95                                 0.0%     2   74.3  74.2  74.2  74.3   0.0
I tried to follow Xaysen's advice in the thread linked above and connect to a Seattle VPN, but still saw high packet loss from several ntt.net hops.


Code:
Hop  Sent  PL%     Min     Max     Avg  Host Name / [IP]
  5    20    0   84.55   94.20   90.82  be2122.rcr21.sea03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.24.63.121]
  6    20    0   86.27  100.49   93.01  be2895.ccr21.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.83.169]
  7    20    0   87.31   97.71   91.14  ae-11.r05.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [154.54.11.10]
  8    20    0   87.34   92.40   89.94  ae-2.r25.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.94]
  9    20    0  107.13  117.13  109.65  ae-3.r25.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.124]
 10    20   85  105.19  116.49  109.99  ae-5.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.146]
 11    20    0  108.72  118.09  111.55  ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
 12    20    0  108.51  121.63  114.38  xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [192.80.16.2]
 13    20   70  108.17  117.75  115.03  204.2.229.230 [204.2.229.230]
 14    20    0  110.91  114.36  112.76  204.2.229.95 [204.2.229.95]