They exist, and are quite obvious once you know what to look for (they also have a very distinctive sound playing near them).
The easiest one to find is if you simply follow the road out of Avalia some way past the crossroads, eventually you come to a small bridge with a carpenter guy nearby...there is a bind stone right next to his camp. Other bind stones are north of Avalia, and near the AVP zone.
I also wonder how it'll work, but I'm one of the
"Casters get Gate"
purists.
I also realize that melee will probably get some sort of quest for an item for a Gate of some sort (something not available in Everquest until Way Later than prior to the first expansion-but this is not that)
but then
I also think a Rezzing Shaman or Druid should be an
Epic
Shaman or Druid
but that's just me.
I also hope to see Bind Affinity at some point but I'm realizing as I'm hearing that players think they should be upgrading gear every 2-3 hours /played that my dreams of a real world may be slipping down the stream of commercialization.
How many Magical Items do you folks have in your house? I do indeed have a couple, but it has taken me a LONG time to acquire them :)