Difficulty logging in

[spittyz]

Half the time when I log in I get an empty server list. If the list actually comes up and I click play it'll either freeze then log me out, or go through to character select. The few times I've actually made it to character select it sent me back to the log in screen after hitting play. Also just got an Error 1017 while logging back in, stating I need to re-run the update patch. I have no idea what update patch it's referring to.

I know a few days ago other people were getting the empty server list and couldn't log in. So was there a fix to this?

I'm using EQEmu if that helps.