Originally Posted by
gamesmart
Think about it for a little. According to the Lodestone post, we may still be able to play during the maintenance. So that means the maintenance isn't being done on the servers themselves. Then, what's being worked on? Answer: The network and routing TO the servers. That's not owned by SE. Thus, they can't control when their ISP decides to do maintenance like this. Lay the blame off SE because they likely never had a hand in the maintenance time frame - all they could do is warn us that it's going to happen.