You can skip the patcher, but you can't install in the default folder I think.
If any file versions are incorrect the game will detect that and you'll have to repatch I think. I believe the game has a set hash (I imagine its a hash and not just a version #) for all the required files... and the default UI folder should be included there. I believe the patcher sets some kind of file with those hashes or whatever that the actual executable reads & compares.
I know theres a way to make a shortcut to log in w/o the patcher and all that, but I forget it. (Does anyone remember it? You had to shortcut to something and pass some variables). But if you did that and there had been a patch, the game won't let you in, you have to patch first.
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