Cannot connect error 2002

[nickdawg84]

Wow finally got in. Well on JP server. Anyone else having better luck?

[Eripha]

I was getting 1017 at first. I figured, "well it is the weekend, everyone is logging in." Now I started getting the 2002 error and after that i got the NA/EU worlds cannot be obtained error and now it went straight back to the 2002 error. Yay...

[Tsuroku]

Hi all,

Just a quick note on this, I have been getting this same error has well. I cannot find the fix for it, but I can tell you what I have been able to determine. From my initial testing, it appears to be a connectivity issue that is caused when we first start opening up the launcher and then the login screen. There is a simple test for this if you are on a PC.

First, start a ping test going (type "cmd" to bring up the console)
For the ping test, recommending using the following command: ping -t www.google.com
Ok once you have this running, watch it for a bit to see if there are any "request time-out" type of lines. If you see consistent replies, then you connection should be relatively stable, KEEP THIS RUNNING.

Now open up FFXIV and attempt to login like normal until it kicks you are or if you are luck it actually lets you in.
If you are windowed, keep an eye on that ping test to see if you are getting "request time-out" type of lines.
If you are not windowed, you can always use an ALT-TAB to check on it if it has not thrown you out of FFXIV yet.

This is basically where I have been stumped and someone more knowledgeable than myself might want to investigate.
From my IT knowledge, the traffic appears to be getting throttled or losing integrity on the way to the FFXIV login servers.
I have called my ISP (Time Warner Cable) and they have assured me they are not doing anything with my connecting (This is after talking with the highest tiered tech support I could speak with)
So at this point, I am not sure what to make of it.
My internet works perfectly fine and only starts getting unstable when starting up FFXIV and trying to get in.
I have done everything I could think of on my router has well, but nothing is working.

If anyone is more knowledgeable about these types of things I would love to hear you take on this issue.

[Caelid]

Just tried to log in, had the same lobby error 2002

Edit: and I just tried the ping, during the whole process my ping time to google never went above 11ms, no dropped packets etc.

[Linka]

nope, cant log in into the lobby server at all, game crashes at the start screen ^^; 2002

[CosmicDare]

Not sure how I never got this error before and all of a sudden am >.>;; quite annoying.

[WizzyT]

Logged off an hour ago and now I log back in and get this issue.

[Babydoll]

This is getting a bit ridiculous >.< I can understand the first few days being hectic and what not...but it has been over a week now with these errors. Well, longer actually considering they started in phase 4.

[Zaggy101]

Got the same Error Code 2002 I am on the PS3

[Desera]

I'm getting the greyed out Start link and then "The lobby server connection has encountered an error" "2002". My concern on this one is it kicks me out of the application and I've got an authenticator so I'm burning through the numbers every time I try to get in. At least with the other errors I just needed to click on Start over and over again. Of course my preferred method of being delayed is getting into a queue so I can see the count down.

Wish there was a notification on the issue and an estimated time to check back.