Feldon 
From the EQ2 Forums:
Status: 8/16/2016 11:40 PDT – The game is currently down for scheduled [sic.] patching.
Update: Servers are now back up after 1 hour 45 minutes of patching.
Previous updates…
Update: 90 minutes and servers are still down for this unscheduled maintenance.
Update from Twitter 30 minutes after servers went down:
All EverQuest 2 servers have come down for unscheduled maintenance to address an important technical issue. Downtime should be minimal.
— EverQuest II (@everquestii) August 16, 2016
I was told this was due to another plat exploit on live. Anyone that can confirm?