Following Patch 6.1
Final Fantasy XIVhas been having some network hiccups lately. No, not nearly as catastrophic as the launch ofEndwalker! But still notable to the point where the team is putting up a blog asking folks to send in reports of their ownFFXIVnetwork issues.
As is the case with many missives, the game’s own producer Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshidatook to the game’s blogto notify users of “network-related issues,” including packet loss and lag. The culprit ispatch 6.1, which was implemented back on April 12. So far, this is the result of their investigation:
“Based on the information that most of the recent reports are specifically coming from Japan, while others are playing without issue, the network-related issues may be due to the network routing. In the past month, some of the internet service providers (ISP) in Japan have been reporting issues due to high network concentration or trouble related to construction. That said, it may still be possible for us to contact the ISP and work together to see if we can resolve the issues.”
However, if you’re havingFFXIVnetwork issues, Yoshi P saysyou should report them hereunder the “providing information on packet loss and lag” topic. The blog then walks users through how to provide traceroute info (/run tracert). Hopefully they figure it out and it doesn’t impact you!
