Originally Posted by
Flarestar
Short answer: because there's no even remote guarantee that we'll be able to get back on when we come back to play.
I actually logged out last night because I knew I wouldn't be back for about ten hours - got home this morning, sure enough, unable to retrieve NA/EU server list. Meanwhile my roommate, who stayed logged in when he went to bed, is happily murdering away in the other room.
In other words, stop blaming other players for doing what's currently necessary to be able to play the game with some level of consistency right now, and blame Square-Enix for completely screwing the pooch on capacity planning and server architecture.