From Rothgar on the EQ2 Forums:

I just wanted to post another update and post-mortem for the Unrest merge explaining a few of the issues that occurred.

Update: Unrest is now online!

Unrest is undergoing final testing after a followup 1 hour maintenance was required beyond the Server Merge to fix some broker and other issues. Once it’s back up, we hope Rothgar and Zoltaroth will drive safe and get some sleep (I recommend blackout curtains, they’re a staple here in Denmark) and we’ll see you back in a few hours for 2 more mergers. 😉

Unrest returned after its Server Merge, but some additional fixes are required (regarding a Broker bug), so the server is down now to apply those fixes. In the mean time Zoltaroth is in the EQ2 Chat.

Rothgar has posted some issues regarding Keymapping, Guild Hall Beacons (call of Guild Hall) and housing and guild halls to be aware of once the servers come back up.

Rothgar has posted the following update on the Najena -> Unrest Server Merge so far to include info on worldwide chat:

Update:

The merge process is moving along and still on schedule.  Nothing interesting to report, so I guess that’s good.

The chat system has been brought down as you’ve probably noticed.  This is because we are moving all universal chat data for Najena characters to the new server, Unrest.  As soon as this process is complete, we’ll bring chat back up for everyone.

So it looks like chat may not be down for the entire time of each merge. This is definately good news.

Another progress report from Rothgar:

Update:

The merge is still progressing very well.  We are hoping to bring chat back online around 1pm PST.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed for bringing Unrest up earlier than anticipated.

Server merge titles will be granted after the next hotfix.  We found an issue with the auto-consume code that was causing players to not receive the title.  If you’re reading this and were part of the Butcherblock Blackburrow merge, and already have the title item in your inventory, this item will convert into the title after the next hotfix.

Note: He meant  Blackburrow, not Butcherblock. I mix them up sometimes as well. It happens. 🙂

And yet another progress report from Rothgar:

Update:

The merge process is still going very well.  The chat merge is complete but we are running one more maintenance script while it is down.  This script should recover mail that was orphaned after the Everfrost/Blackburrow merge.  As soon as this is done, we will bring chat back up.

Rothgar has been providing updates on the EQ2 Forums:

Aaaaaand, we’re off!

Rothgar checked in with this announcement on the EQ2 Forums:

Monday morning will be a short maintenance in order to prepare for more upcoming mergers. The offical announcement should follow soon, but this should be a typical 7am downtime with 30-60 minute ETA.

Monday night at midnight we will begin our next merger with Unrest and Najena. Estimated downtime as with the last merger will be 24 hours but we hope to have servers up earlier. Several minor issues with the last merger have been fixed so we expect this one to go smoothly. We will do our best to keep you updated with the merger progress as it is happening.