As of noon Pacific, the Rum Cellar update has launched on US EQ2 servers.

Information on the new Downloadable Content (DLC) know as the Rum Cellar can be found on EQ2 Zam and EQ2Traders. Class balance tweaks for Summoners, Scouts, Fighters, and other quality of life features such as spending and un spending AA points are included in Game Update 70 and do not require the purchase of the Rum Cellar.

Europe?

EU servers unlocked at around 2:45 pm PDT (21:45 GMT).

RU servers are apparently up now as well.  Rum all around!

So far, at least from the in-game comments I’ve seen, Altar of Malice has been well-received. Not everyone agrees about the difficulty of the heroic zones, but there’s a clear progression that players can strive towards. With any expansion, there will always be balance tweaks needed and a bug fix or two. We saw such a fix just last night with the missing textures in Zavith’loa zones turning parts of the zone black or white. This has been addressed with a client patch. Some other fixes and features coming up soon:

• Scout Poisons overwriting each other
• Weekly Heroic/Raid Gems
• Heroic Green Adorns (Spirit Stones)
• More Level Agnostic Dungeons