Well, I just logged in and got killed... took them a good 5 minutes to chase me down with 3 guys, and if the game didn't absolutely hate my guts, I would have gotten out too, I logged when I got out of combat but probably due to lag they put me back in combat before my character was gone. fun stuff.
Let it be known to the forums, do not trust "r34d3rsci" or however his name is spelled. ( coord: 21,7 if you want to come to our village and kill them; they're all totally scrubs, took them at least 10 hits to kill me, and I'm a MM, I even had time to grab water from the river, drink, and refill, and run off again...)
So with that said, can't tell you how the gate actually worked out for us.