Heather is getting a portal out. Grats to the folks living in Heather!
Now, what I would like to know is what the rest of us folks have got to do to get portals for out towns? There is obviously some sort of decision making process going on.
Is someone throwing darts at a dartboard and making their portal yes/no decisions that way, or is there a logical decision making process going on. Or do we just have to brown nose for a while :P
I went through several communities the other day, and there were 50x50's for sale all over the place in communities without outgoing portals, including one really beautiful plot with a great ocean overlook.
Then I went through the non-guild settlements and communities that have portals. Out of about 20 communities visited, I found three plots bigger than 32x32...
How do you decide on portals? Why is there not a portal in every town.
There are lots of beautiful plots out there, but people won't buy most of them because the town is broken if there is no portal out.
Heather was populated because despite it's lack of sane transport, it is located near lots of raw materials and has a decent number of large plots.
What would, say, Copperton need to do to get a portal? We are a growing town. We have both copper/tin and sandstone nearby.