FFXI Crashing Frequently

Hello all! First post here, so I will try to keep it short. Recently my ffxi likes to crash randomly. No idea what is causing it, I've had no recent hardware or software changes. Any help would be appreciated.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: pol.exe
Application Version: 1.18.13.0
Application Timestamp: 4e3bcddc
Fault Module Name: d3d8.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bd9a7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0004c01b
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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I am running windows 7 Home Premium x64
AMD 8-core CPU
32 gb RAM
GeForce GTX 980 GPU

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