It is maintenance running through the US work day. Literally normal US working hours for where they are located in.
adirondack wrote: »Gina just said "soon"
This is an 'entertainment service' we are paying for, so while it might seem we're complaining about something trivial, I don't think the complaints are unjustified.
Other games manage to schedule maintenance for times when very few players are online, i.e. early morning (1am onwards local time).
I've played 4 MMOs including ESO and ESO is the only one to regularly schedule maintenance during the day. This game also seems to need a lot more maintenance than any of the others, despite 2 being of a similar age.
If maintenance was less frequent or if they scheduled it for a less disruptive time, it would be a lot less irritating. As it is, we have the worst of both worlds.