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Strange gate in Icedome

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Carinae
Carinae
Forge Runner
• #1
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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Big Picture of Icedome
bathazard
bathazard
Krytan Explorer
• #2
is it from the mission around there?
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duckboy
Frost Gate Guardian
• #3
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
Vl Vl D
Vl Vl D
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #4
I think its a cell for pecks.
ZenRgy
ZenRgy
Zookeeper
• #5
Random doodad added to add some more character to the area, rather than plain after plain of snow?
Blonde Warrior
Blonde Warrior
Academy Page
• #6
^What he said.
Sha Noran
Sha Noran
Desert Nomad
• #7
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
Sophitia Leafblade
Sophitia Leafblade
Desert Nomad
• #8
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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Mr None
Ascalonian Squire
• #9
erm sorry for off-topic but why there are 2 SS in the team? And no MM...
Carinae
Carinae
Forge Runner
• #10
Quote: Originally Posted by Mr None
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
Watch Yourself!
Shields Up!
Defensive Anthem

Was getting pissed at the huge Ranger groups.
Shyft the Pyro
Shyft the Pyro
Wilds Pathfinder
• #11
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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arsie
Wilds Pathfinder
• #12
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.
Pleikki
Pleikki
WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
• #13
Yeah theres random gates like that in many places.