The patcher is no longer used.
If you last pactched back when the patcher *was* being used, you'll be set for the 0.4.4 servers.
If you are new to this, or have since lost your install/patch, you need to patch EQ from the EQLive servers, thic means running the official patcher from EQ. Once you do that, you can play on the 0.5.0 servers.
So, no, the patcher is no longer used.
Cheers,
Predominant
