Feldon 
The servers are back up following the hotfix.
Another update from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale:
Erm…the US hotfix happened earlier than planned (i.e. 3:30pm instead of 5pm). Servers should be back up very soon. #eq2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 5, 2015
Update from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale:
We’ll be doing a very quick update about 5pm PST to take care of an icky bug. Should be a short interruption. #eq2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 5, 2015
After much patience, here’s the Update note:
LEVEL AGNOSTIC DUNGEONS
Agnostic Dungeons will no longer drop level 90-100 masters.
This was posted two hours ago on the EQ2 Forums but servers remain up. We’re not sure when servers will actually go down…
US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline as soon as possible on Thursday, February 5, 2015 for a Hotfix. Estimated downtime is 1 hour.
EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, February 5 , 2015 at approximately 5:00PM PST. (Approx. 1:00AM London Time on February 6, 2015) Estimated downtime is 2 hours.
Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 2:00 CET am 06.02.2015 zwecks einer Serveraktualisierung heruntergefahren. Die vorgesehene Stillstandszeit wird etwa 2 Stunde(n) betragen.
Le serveur de langue française sera arrêté à 2:00 CET le 06-02-2015 pour une mise à jour du serveur. Le temps d’arrêt sera d’environ 2 heures.
Looks like the downtime started over an hour early… whether by intention or not.. who can say.
would have been nice to have a little warning like you should get but no. In the middle of a zone and boom, servers down.
Indeed, a little warning would have been great.
I’ m not certain even they had a lot of warning from the sounds of it.
So what happens if you are experimenting on an item and they unannounced shut the server down?