For the past few weeks I have been getting the 90002 error and being logged out. When I actually don't get kicked out, I have rubber-banding and severe packet loss.

I have updated my modem and router, did all of the troubleshooting as I've read on the forums here and other sites, to no avail. I have even bought a VPN subscription thinking this would help and it actually makes my connection speeds slower.

This is really frustrating as for the past several years I've been playing this and other MMO's I have never experienced this type of behaviour.

My local connection is solid and only when I play FFXIV do I experience this.

Any suggestions?