There should have been a teleporter in Plane of Hate added before the release of Kunark to allow melee the ability to leave the zone without need of potions, ports or death:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2000-1.html
February 17, 2000 7:00 am
- A teleporter has been placed within the Plane of Hate in order to
give non-casters a way out of the zone besides death, potion, or group
teleport.
The next patch note state:
February 23, 2000
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Today's patch was primarily comprised of server-side changes in
preparation for the release of EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark. Only one
gameplay-affecting issue was updated as a result of this patch:
This should have been in for years.