Really, this MUD is small enough that Gate isn't that big of a necessity for smobbing and whatnot. But it was a huge problem for PK. Gating out of a bad situation was really easy, despite the really long timer and large sp cost. This is way too powerful of a crutch to give everyone. The next step should probably be to make Regen no longer self cast...
But yea, seriously? If you have to leave because you can't jump from place to place then you probably weren't really playing much anyway. Not being mean or anything, just saying.