Start EQ, patch and read. But they might still be preliminary in case they have to take something out again.
Does this count? Even though servers are not up we are forewarned lol "Logins to games and websites may fail intermittently between 10AM and 12PM PT today during maintentance****. Thank you for your patience." ****This was cut and copied from the notice on the right side of the forums. The correct spelling is maintenance
It was different in the past, but I believe the patch notes for Live patches do not appear until the patch has finished a certain level of quality assurance checks. Then they send the Bat Signal(tm) to whoever is posting the patch notes that it is okay to post. Except for patches with extended downtime, generally the appearance of the patch notes means we are within an hour of servers opening. ...or it could just be when the last hamster returns from lunch...
I wasn't making a funny when I posted my reply. The patch message was already available "in game" before they posted it here.