Still chuggin' away at that patching.
In the meantime, I'm downloading a copy of the client with diff filesizes... I think it might be the more recent client release, or larger or something. The first one I've been using was obtained directly from their site, and this other one I'm downloading is from gamefile or some ****. Some ppl get these updates in min. I've found threads with others who patched for days before they got it running. The shittiest part is, it keeps stopping, so you can't go to sleep and accomplish anything. I'll leave out the manual updates and install when the new client is done. As long as I don't uninstall, it shouldn't delete anything I've already downloaded with the patcher anyway.
Reinstalled with those files. About ten minutes or so of updating, place ENU, and I'M IN BUSINESS! WOOT!
......and lovin' it.