This has only been a relatively recent problem that I've had, and I've noticed I'm not the only one having it.

At random intervals and without warning, FFXIV will freeze and completely lock up my computer (save for sound, in game sounds and whatever else I may be playing on my PC at the time will continue to play) and I'm forced to hard restart my PC in order to fix it. Sometimes it happens within minutes of me playing, sometimes I can be on for hours before it hits me.

I've seen a few other people post here about the same problem, so I've tried to follow all of the instructions they've been given on their posts, but to no avail. I've tried updating my graphics drivers, completely uninstalling and reinstalling my graphics drivers, playing the game with DirectX11 turned off, playing on lower resolutions. Nothing works.

Is this a problem on Square Enix's side? No other game on my PC has this problem, it's strictly only FFXIV. What do I do?