im somewhat of a n00b here, but when you guys come out with a patch to get this to work, if we just want to play the emu do we Dl it? or is it for the server mods to download to get their server working?

The files are for folks who want to host their own servers. If you're just interested in playing on a server, download the eqhost.txt file available on the Eqemu main page, and save it in your eq directory.

Then all you have to do is log in with your forum username and password.