I still skip the patcher on a daily basis. It can certainly be done. From past experience, however, I seem to recall that if you try to use a modified executable (well, a significantly modified executable, anyway), it'll dump you rather than let you log all the way in. If I'm remembering correctly, zoning into a modified S3D caused the server to dump you, too. It's been a few years since I've done any experimentation with that, though, so my memories might not be correct.
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