Sooo.. What's the 5 hour maintenance for?

[lololink]

you'll be excited about the 60 new sights, atleast one of them requires odin weather '

Since number 32 can't be completed yet because of a bug Odin weather will not be a problem ^^.

[Ragecake]

Probably to fix the drop rate on the Alexandrites from FATEs.

[kiraan]

Probably to fix the drop rate on the Alexandrites from FATEs.

Drop rate is fine. It shouldnt drop often from FATE.

See it as you need 75 days to get the Novus, and you get it one day sooner each time you get an alexandrite via FATE.

[Kamifubuki-Yoakesetsuri]

And farming 800 myth so if you're lucky you can get 3 or more a day and it'll take 18 days-20 days.
Edit: Crap I forgot to quote who I was talking to...

[Zenaku]

Probably to fix the drop rate on the Alexandrites from FATEs.

It can drop from fates? if so which ones?

[Kat_Manx]

It can drop from fates? if so which ones?

All of them.

[Kiara1]

It can drop from fates? if so which ones?

Drop rate seems worse than atma though, I did like 150 fates in coerthas and got my first today

[Ravno]

I hope they will fix the new "search into your retainers" feature who only returns normal items and ignore HQ.

[Nekodar]

Obviously it's to patch in the new classes/jobs as they are announced the same day.

[Enkidoh]

They just mentioned that it's server maintenance, there's no mention anywhere of a patch to download (which is usually stated in such notices if included). So it's likely just to fix the connection issues people have been having over the last few days.