Originally Posted by
Dooom
So, about five weeks ago now, I started getting pretty bad r0ing, and I'm at a loss as to why. I hadn't changed any of my settings, no new programs were downloaded, just... bam. I was hoping that the update might have fixed it, but alas. So maybe I can get some help here, if only to work out what's wrong.
Things of note:
- happens between 6pm and 9pm GMT mainly (1pm-4pm EST); also happens around 3pm on Sundays, when conquest tally occurs.
- is worse in some zones than others; WOTG zones are the worst; release, zilart, and CoP areas are the least affected, though dynamis can be pretty bad.
- occurs mainly upon zoning
- will never actually DC me. My "S" value never drops, and my connection % very rarely drops.
- LS, party, and say chat I do can still be seen by others, but I will only get parts of what others say. Makes for some very confusing conversations!
- after zoning, it normally "goes away" after a period of time (varies, between 30s and 10 minutes).
- sometimes, my gear will vanish because of this. However, it returns if I log out and back in again (a process which itself can take 10-15 minutes to get back on properly, because of this r0ing issue). Nothing like finding all your ele staves are missing as rdm!
- only FFXI is having issues. Speedtest, pingtest all came back fine; other online games and programs are having no issues.
- occurs regardless of firewall or antivirus settings (even occurs when these are turned off). Scans have found no viruses or anything wrong with my PC.