Your idea is workable if you play a Druid or Wizard and get the Secondary Recall AA and pay 104pp for a Stone of Marking to create a second bind point.
The Gate AA your Shaman has is working as intended and not useless. It lets you use a spell gem for something useful instead of having to keep the gate spell in your spell bar.
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After 16 years, I'm not listing every friggin character.