Been having trouble with getting the 2002 error all day today, while still last night everything was working just fine. So I'm hoping to igure out if others have had the same issue(or where exactly the issue might be). Each time I try to log in and proceed to the character selection it will thorw the error that "the lobby server connection has encountered an error". The same thing happens if I attempt to change DC as well. I've tried all the different normal suggestions of port forwarding etc but none seem to work. Neither did trying to use a vpn. The only way I've managed to connect has been either using mobile internet or using cloudflare warp. Neither of which is a real solution or fix.
Apart from the obvious error and unability to connect the only signs of issue are an unusually high packet loss at the hop prior to the actual server. So I'm assuming the lobby server. As well as the usual suspects of the hops on NTT's network in Ashburn, San Jose and Sacramento.