Have not recieved any over the weekend either, but also at my homepoint (Bastok mines moghouse area) it is usually infested with new players all bearing unpronouncable names created by some random letter generator.
Appearing by 5 at a time, all same race, same size, same face only a different batch every time. (5 Humes, 5 Cats, 5 Taru, 5 Elves, etc.)
Running out towards the wall, stand there for a minute or 2, then run back to the Mog entrance and popping their 2 hour before disappearing into the mog house until the next batch appears.
Usually I observe this after LS events when I idle around at my HP and do some social chatting with my LS for another 30 minutes to an hour before going to bed.
This weekend I have not spotted a single one of those either.
Perhaps it indeed was the weekend of the 4th that caused it, but on the other side...
Do scripts celebrate holidays?
I have not seen any announcements from SE/STFU yet telling us they have done anything against these either.
Time will tell I guess.