I am shocked at the discourtesy.
There was absolutely 0 announcement made about the impending shutdown/restart in-game. At least, not on The Ebon Hawk (-> Hoth).
I was finishing up doing a Heroic that took me 2 hours to get a group for because your "Group Finder" is a piece of crap for doing Heroics.
The least that could have been done is an all-server statement saying there will be a restart in (x) amount of time. If you're in game, chances are, you're not going to get on the forums if you don't notice huge problems while you're playing. It's clear that you guys knew your restarts were happening, via the forum post that was made; so why the lack of announcement in-game?
I usually refrain from posting on the forums, especially negative things, but this is just BS.