The stairway to the Ethereal Gateway has been lowered to 119. Seems like the only way to get there though I have no idea why a 125 Elite is there.That'll be something to investigate in the future.
So far two people have thought it was a good idea to have a high level elite in a single low level area... Hence, I third that idea. (I know I'm "too late")
When I joined way back when, I had enough sense to check the stats and not hit it. Way back then, that was my first chance to realize that "maybe" there were benefits to joining a Guild.
Again "way back then" that thought didn't hit my mind again until level 19 when I came across Giggles.
As time passed, I have only seen players laughing at themselves about getting utterly destroyed. Maybe a hard lesson to learn, but perhaps one of the best ones to learn "early"... and I "think" most people take good-naturedly.
Beyond that... it used to be a convenient way to delevel yourself without having to go through PvP... I send most GvGers who want to maintain their current level to the Ladder because of all those genocidal levelers out there that think gold they've stolen from defenseless creatures can somehow be stolen from them (gee, can you tell I'm 100% pro-PvP.... as in most game aspects?). I'm not sure what the XP loss is for those hovering around 30 or 40... but...
Prosperous smacking everybody! (o0