Quote Originally Posted by LackingLadyLover View Post
So, if there's no patch, and the server maint is for the account management system, would that mean people who are logged in before maint will stay logged in? or that the game itself will be brought down as well?
From Official News:

[Date & Time]
From Jun. 13, 2012 14:00 to Jun. 14, 2012 00:00 (PDT)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

From 14:00 to 00:00 (PDT)
- FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable.

From 15:00 to 23:15 (PDT)
- Players will not be able to log into the FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone site.
* The Information, Topics, Play Guide, and other sections of the site will remain available as usual.
- Players will not be able to log into the FINAL FANTASY XIV Forum.
* Players who are already logged in will be able use the forums as normal.