5.3 Sundry Splendors

[Roda]

I do hope that doesn't stop them from having endgame hubs in the future though.

[Rongway]

I do hope that doesn't stop them from having endgame hubs in the future though.

This is just so that new people don't have to learn where every past endgame hub was, and figure out which NPC sells the gear, weapon tokens, and upgrade tokens; which NPC trades weapon tokens for the weapon; and which NPC upgrades everything; for each expansion.

[wereotter]

This is just so that new people don't have to learn where every past endgame hub was, and figure out which NPC sells the gear, weapon tokens, and upgrade tokens; which NPC trades weapon tokens for the weapon; and which NPC upgrades everything; for each expansion.

I would assume this also means that because it's so easy to over level before you hit the end of an expansion, it means you can get your shire gear, for example, before you finish the Heavensward story and unlock the vendors in Idyllshire.

[Stepjam]

I do hope that doesn't stop them from having endgame hubs in the future though.

We'll still have endgame hubs, the vendor is specifically for poetics gear, to save time and confusion on gearing up at 50/60/70.
I wonder if you'll have access to all poetics gear from the get go or if you'll have to reach certain checkpoints in MSQ first. I guess there's no reason you shouldn't be able to get scaevan gear in HW if you are overleveled to 70.