Turbine let us know that they'll be taking the Asheron's Call servers offline to do a quick update to the game next week:

The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Tuesday, September 30th from 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for an update to the game. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Ok, 7 hours isn't a 'quick' update, but maybe somethings will get fixed that are bugging a few players!