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Old Feb 08, 2008, 09:21 AM // 09:21   #1
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Default Strange gate in Icedome

While Vanquishing Icedome I came across this strange gate in the northwest corner. Note the minimap indicating where this gate opens towards.

I know of a few others, but I was unaware of this one.

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Old Feb 08, 2008, 11:05 AM // 11:05   #2
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is it from the mission around there?
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Old Feb 08, 2008, 11:32 AM // 11:32   #3
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ye, i noticed these when doin carto title. I was running around looking for a 'dwarven powder keg' for ages lol. feel silly now :P
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Old Feb 08, 2008, 02:11 PM // 14:11   #4
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I think its a cell for pecks.
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Old Feb 08, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04   #5
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Random doodad added to add some more character to the area, rather than plain after plain of snow?
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Old Feb 08, 2008, 06:48 PM // 18:48   #6
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^What he said.
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Old Feb 08, 2008, 07:42 PM // 19:42   #7
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I stopped caring about all those random gates in the Shiverpeaks after they didn't put any of them to use with the release of Sorrow's Furnace. =S
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Old Feb 11, 2008, 01:31 PM // 13:31   #8
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Its just a random bit of decoration to infer that there is more terrain/areas of the world than you are currently not allowed to explore
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Old Feb 12, 2008, 07:09 AM // 07:09   #9
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erm sorry for off-topic but why there are 2 SS in the team? And no MM...
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Old Feb 12, 2008, 07:30 AM // 07:30   #10
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erm sorry for off-topic but why there are 2 SS in the team? And no MM...
Too many Azures and Ice Golems for an MM to be reasonably reliable. And vs heavy physical damage, 2x SS is WIN.

2x Aegis
2x Enfeebling Blood
2x Reckless Haste
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Shields Up!
Defensive Anthem

Was getting pissed at the huge Ranger groups.

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Old Feb 13, 2008, 08:31 AM // 08:31   #11
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There's another one of these "dead end gates" in the SE corner of Tasca's Demise. IIRC, you can actually see the path behind that one going off into the distance.

Sadly, it seems like neither gate will see use, as GWEN didn't "upgrade" them into dungeon entrances or anything else of the sort.
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Old Feb 13, 2008, 08:58 AM // 08:58   #12
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Similar gates to nowhere are in many other places.

I think they are either entrances to zones that got removed from the game prior to release, or they are there to give us the impression that the world is bigger than the explorable parts.

That gate seems to belong to the Stone Summit and leads to their underground caves.
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Old Feb 17, 2008, 10:28 AM // 10:28   #13
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Yeah theres random gates like that in many places.
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