All U.S. servers will come down on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7am PST for a hotfix. The expected downtime is one hour. The full patch notes are available after the jump.

GENERAL

• This update includes a speculative fix for the issues causing some assets, like NPC quest icons, not to appear correctly.

MERCENARIES

• Mercenaries using the spell “Solar Flame” should no longer cause players to not be able to cast “Solar Flare”

ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION

• Fixed a bug where an NPC could "double cast" a spell.

Vallon’s Tower [Challenge]

• During the final Vallon Zek fight, only 2 Vallonite Aces will spawn per wave of adds.  Fighters will no longer be hit with Tactical Dilema during the fight.  Combat Doubt will no longer daze players.

Icy Keep: Retribution

• Epic X3 and lower encounters found throughout the zone should no longer grey out when fought with a full raid force. This applies to the Statue of Ice Maiden, Statue of Tundra Beast, Frozen Corrival, and Ice Maiden D’Ina encounters.

ITEMS

• When turning in relic patterns and gems from Kingdom of Sky raid zones beastlords should no longer be told the incorrect components.

QUESTS
The City of Freeport

• “Jezranaz’s Hideous Locket” can again be completed.
• Tarakh will now show quest icons over his head for the quest “Natasha’s Note.”
• “The Unfortunate Earth” can again be completed.

Source: EQII Forums