> Many people have asked me to open more starting cities in G1.
> What I'd really like to do is offer some alternate routes out of
> the IC, such as one-way and/or one-use teleporation portals from
> the IC to other cities elsewhere on the map.
Double the claim wood, increase the starting peasants. Encourage them
to build ships. The Atlas gives enough info for them to sail some
distance. That can't possibly upset anyone.