Good afternoon! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience you have experienced attempting to play Final Fantasy XIV!

Please attempt the following:

-Update and reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and sound drivers (if applicable).
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive.
- Please be sure to disable or remove any overlays (Discord, Steam, NVIDIA etc.) as they may interfere with startup.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.

Could you please provide a system report? Simply go to the 'Config' option on the Final Fantasy XIV launcher and to the right of 'System Information' click on 'Display.

We hope we can be of assistance in helping you enjoy the exciting world of Final Fantasy XIV!