FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn has stopped working

[Mushushu]

this is what happens right after I log in, every time, without fail.

the game doesnt even launch, so I cant even get the errors other folks seem to be having. tried replacing/ reinstalling to no avail. any help would be appreciated

[Knovah]

For gawds sake read the news section before rushing here...

At the following time, we will be performing emergency maintenance on North American/European Data Center Worlds. During this period, the Worlds listed below will be unavailable.

- We will be resolving an issue where the server goes down under certain situations, and the players are unable to use the chat feature.
-Adjusting the parameters to countermeasure the server load.

*We will be avoiding peak hours and correspond to each data center.
*Until the maintenance, we will be implement recovery process immediately as a temporary countermeasure.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

[Date & Time]
From Sep. 12, 2013 to 3:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. (PDT)
* The completion time may be subject to change.

[Zorglotron]

i am also getting this message, im afraid this problem will persist after maintenance, as its happening as you try to login to the launcher, while most people seem to be able to get past that point and see no worlds or whatever, never got this error before durring any other maintenance

[Zorglotron]

yup as i thought, servers back up and still getting this error. is there a way to manually update the game? i tried logging in durring maintenance earlier not realizing it was going on and downloaded an update... maybe that messed things up?

[Mushushu]

yup as i thought, servers back up and still getting this error. is there a way to manually update the game? i tried logging in durring maintenance earlier not realizing it was going on and downloaded an update... maybe that messed things up?

some other threads have had the idea to get someones updated copy of the launcher and replace it with your own. I have tried that with no change in error

[Mushushu]

For gawds sake read the news section before rushing here...

At the following time, we will be performing emergency maintenance on North American/European Data Center Worlds. During this period, the Worlds listed below will be unavailable.

- We will be resolving an issue where the server goes down under certain situations, and the players are unable to use the chat feature.
-Adjusting the parameters to countermeasure the server load.

*We will be avoiding peak hours and correspond to each data center.
*Until the maintenance, we will be implement recovery process immediately as a temporary countermeasure.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

[Date & Time]
From Sep. 12, 2013 to 3:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. (PDT)
* The completion time may be subject to change.

you are a troll and should go away. in fact, I should report you as well.

[Mushushu]

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 9/12/2013 10:10:51 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ******-PC
Description:
Faulting application name: ffxivlauncher.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x522e642e
Faulting module name: ffxivlauncher.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x522e642e
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Fault offset: 0x00085a65
Faulting process id: 0x16a8
Faulting application start time: 0x01ceafc1ca351737
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe
Report Id: 20871b52-1bb5-11e3-9d4f-bc5ff435a1d0
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-09-12T14:10:51.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>16054</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>********-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>ffxivlauncher.exe</Data>
<Data>1.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>522e642e</Data>
<Data>ffxivlauncher.exe</Data>
<Data>1.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>522e642e</Data>
<Data>c0000417</Data>
<Data>00085a65</Data>
<Data>16a8</Data>
<Data>01ceafc1ca351737</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe</Data>
<Data>20871b52-1bb5-11e3-9d4f-bc5ff435a1d0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

this is the error that is listed in event viewer. this might be helpful

[Gleason]

I've been having the same issue since official service started. I was able to play fine during early access.

Reinstalling did not work. (Reinstall wouldn't even let me get to the character select screen anymore). Updating my drivers did not work. Updating my windows 7 did not work.

This game is turning out to be an unstable mess.

[raheem]

Check your email used for your account. You're account is probably locked until password is changed.

[Zorglotron]

nice of them to give you a notice that your account is locked when you try to login... oh wait no the launcher just shuts down without saying anything lol hope this fixes it as i did have an email about suspicious activity

edit: now i have to download again as i uninstalled hoping that would help grrr