Now today is an example of why some people would be bothered by the interruption. Being in Australia and the time difference, I have just come online to find that in 3 hours there is a maintenance. Right about the time all my buffs run out as well as my explorers returning. Now it doesn't really bother me, but I can see why some would be really annoyed. BB you must have some idea of when you are doing these maintenance, and I think you need to take into consideration those of us that are in the southern hemisphere. There is not point posting maintenance times when they get to us in the middle of the night and we don't see them until the next day.
Just my rant for the day