You can download the path files in Zip form here.
http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/files/PatchFiles.zip
Just unzip them into your EQ folder.
Now go to your Desktop and right click, go to New. Then create a new shorcut.
Browse for eqgame.exe in your EQ folder.
After you select eqgame.exe and something like "C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe" will show up.
Now you need to put the word patchme outside of the last "
It should now look like:
"C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe" patchme
Click Next, and name the shortcut whatever you want. SoD is good.
Just run the shortcut to log onto SoD.
You can use this to get past the patcher while still using up to date files from the PatchFiles.zip
Only use this if the patcher will not work for you after all else fails. I myself still use the patcher to get in game. Also you will need to download the PatchFiles.zip every other day whenever there is a slight update which gets annoying constantly having to download and unzip it ect. But it must be done because you must keep your files up to date.
Hope this helps.