One good thing about maintenance is it usually happens while i'm at work, which means NMs are popping about the time I get home. What this generally means is login and run to Behemoth's Dominion, Dragon's Aery, or Valley of Sorrows as fast as possible. First HNM Linkshell there with people gets a free Fafnir or whatever else. Everything dies pretty quickly, and everyone goes back to their normal lives.
The bonus here is all the other NMs pop as well. So its generally pretty easy to hunt down that 21 hour spawn you've been waiting months to have time to kill. Enter Sabotender Bailarina. Its not just that I havn't had time to camp him, its more that finding time, and than getting help at the same time is generally difficult. However, right after a maintenance, people are running around looking for something to do.... which leads to...
TP gear for monk, but enhances kick attack damage by 30, or the equivalent of having a weapon with DMG +30. I have been currently wearing Taru RSE which adds 4 str and 4 vit, which I will probably keep around as it makes a pretty good WS Macro piece. Now if I can just get my hands on some Shura.....