Due to the recent patch 5.6 was released that will let everyone play everquest with the new client. This was a rushed release, so some things might not work correctly, but it was tested beforehand so hopefully everything will work correctly. Here is the small changelog between 5.5 and 5.6:
==4/17/2004
LethalEncounter: Fixed merchants that were broken in the last patch.
Image: Inventory item combining added to decrease the traffic sent on zoning.
==4/16/2004
LethalEncounter: Fixed item struct that was changed in the last patch, items now work again.
==4/15/2004
LethalEncounter: Fixed Player Profile that was changed in the last patch, you can now login correctly.
==4/08/2004
Scorpious2k & Tark: Fixed incompatability problem with Perl and combined packets
As always, you can download 5.6 from
https://sourceforge.net/project/show...group_id=41381