Connection Issues?

[The_Peddler]

I pre-ordered FF14 for the ps3, and i have had very little problems playing it, even from the very beginning. Apart from a couple of times when the world was full, I was able to effortlessly play the game; battle, craft, talk, and so on with no problems.

This last week has been a completely different story. And I would like to know why, and if there is any way I can help matters from my end, or if its something that Square needs to sort out.

Despite my connection stating that it is 'excellent' on the character selection screen, I find the game freezing, and then disconnection if I do anything so strenuous as to mine a rock, or battle a fiend. I can walk around the very pretty worlds, but if I try to sprint, it lags and does not work. If I enter a battle, I can move, but the fiends do not, and then it catches up with itself, and I end up dead. (Lag Death is MOST annoying). And if i try to mine a rock as a miner, it again freezes, and then disconnects me. Disabling me from continuing with the game.

Considering the fact, that the connection states that it is 'excellent' and I have had absolutely no problems until this point. Is there something behind the scenes that can explain this unusual; activity?

If you are experiencing similar troubles, please post, as I would love to know that this burden is not mine alone. (Although I do sincerely hope, that you are NOT experiencing ANY troubles )

~Aaron Pedz