Slow Movement in FFXIFollow

I've been playing FFXI since the PC launch and after all my time playing i've never heard of anything like slow character movement happening. I know it isnt lag because it doesnt happen in a slower motion like the frames have to speed up.. but everything in the game is slowed down..?


Im a 46DRK (3rd time playing, I can never stick around but never leave) and when i swing my scythe the movements seem to be considerably slower than they were the day before.. if you were to say that a scythe swing takes 1.5 second to connect my swing motion takes 2.5 seconds to finish x_X spellcasting and JA's dont activate as fast (Which is -painful- for me and my NM camping 'fun'") and it really gimps me in an XP party with my macros and spell's not shooting off at top speed.

I've tried all I can think of, Backround Clipping all the way down, weather effects off, footsteps off, Enemy Frame Rate all the way down, all in-battle effects off chat filter damage taken/missed/missed attacks etc.. and nothing seems to resolve the problem :(

Anybody have any clue what would be causing this? Yesterday none of these problems were happening. The game occasionally goes back up to speed for a second then goes back to it's sluggish movement speed. I did download a few jack black music video's/appearances on shows from Lime Wire.. maybe that's the problem?.. i dont know

Please Help :( (I'm running on GeForce FX5200, and have a cable connection)