And you are so very right.
Hmm. 45min maint. + compensation...
That be what, $0.004 of a cent in subscription time. Hell. Not even worth 6gold coins in game.
Seems a bit much for something that is already stated that could happen in the ToS.
I am suggesting that, after maintenance, all players be compensated with a small amount of ingame gold or crafting rescources, potentially even crowns. This is a practice a few "live service" games are adopting, particularly when the maintenance was unexpected, unplanned or came without warning. With the amount of complaints about maintenance taking so long (see: this thread) it seems like a no brainer solution to at least appease some players upset over this "issue".
personally, I like free stuff. pretty wild concept I know.
[Edit to remove bait]