
Neverwinter’s Gateway has always been a problem for Perfect World Entertainment. On its face, it is an amazingly useful tool where players can manage their inventories, buy and sell goods, level up skills, and play Sword Coast Adventures. It wasn’t available for the PS4 or Xbox, but those on PC managed to get quite a bit of use out of it. On the developer side, however, it was a nightmare. To put it short: Gateway was far too easy for bots to abuse.
Despite numerous attempts at curbing farmable resources, Perfect World Entertainment has been unable to keep the service useful while also preventing its use by bots. As a result, Gateway has shut down. Players who recently used the feature will receive a free companion.
(Source Neverwinter)