To be fair, the patches are usually followed by more hours of downtime due to server crashes etc. For me, maintenance always happen while I am at work, so it should be pretty ideal for me - except I often find I can't play when I get home anyway, due to said crashes. I still don't find that much of a problem. It's one evening without FFXIV, and really, I can handle that. All the more stuff to check out the next day, I haven't lost anything.