Maybe, just maybe SE schedules maintenace during NA prime time for a reason. At least on my server, there are always more players online at night time (ie Japanese prime time).
If you were in charge of performing maintenace, would you do it when the most players are on, or when the least amount are on?? I bet, if the majority of players were NA, they would have maintenance at a later time.
I will agree that maintenace on holidays does kind suck, but imagine this:
"You log on, you have all day to play cause it's a holiday, gather up food, weappons, armor, medicines, and signet, and throw up your seeking flag. Time passes, so you decided to see who is also lfp. OMG! I can't use serch function, might as well check AH and restock. OMG! I can't use AH. Well might as well go do activities with online friends. OMG the person I was gonna farm with DCed. Well, I'll just switch to a mule and gather crafter stuff (yay I already have ingrediants and don't need the AH. Hahaha SE I win here). While switching characters you DC and cannot play. You frantically try to reconnect, to no avail."
~Now you cannot play, you had no knowledge of such game promblems, and you just wasted a couple hours. On top of that, I think most people would feel slightly ticked at the inconvience.
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Sorry for the cliche but it seems to work here.
So which situtation would you prefer?? Trying to play a flawed game, or knowing that you can't (maintenance) and plan other activites...in advance.
I dislike maintenance, especially when it happens 3 times a week, but really, please take a deep breath and think of what this game would really be like if you got what you wanted (ie no maintenance (game that doesnt work right), or if maintenance must be done, do during jp times...(even more angry costumers)).
Or, maybe you want a perfect game.. with no problems ever. Or, you want less problems, or problems that don't inconvience you. These comments I find especially funny, I mean we are talking about FF right?? I find it hard to believe that FF players are not used to not getting everything they want, when they want it. I mean look into your MH, how long did it take you to get your most valued items? The bottom line is, we all play this game because we find it more enjoyable than not playing. Complaining on alla will not solve anything... ever.