Whats been your Favorite end game hub ?

[Halivel]

I like the Crystarium because it's essentially a giant greenhouse but I agree it's rather barren of player activity, or even NPC for that matter. In the Shb trailers the main plaza looks like some highly populated farmer's market/festival, ingame though, it's a football field-size empty space

I feel like the main reason for that is that all the zones are supposed to be high-populated thanks to players hanging out there. Which happens mostly in the beginning of expansion and during the major patches, and at the rest time people are just somewhere doind their own tasks.

I felt the same about The Azime Steppes during Stormblood - when you look at Xaela's lore, you expect the area being highly inhabited with all the nomad tribes (51 of them, and those are just known, quite sure there can be more) and little camps, but in reality it's a just a nearly empty steppe, and main source of meeting Auri in fields is lore based FATEs.

That said, with how almost every area was designed to be, what this game probably needs, is a big RP community that hangs out not just in Limsa/Ul'Dah, but in actual world outside of these cities. Or more random NPCs wandering around to make places more lively than they are right now.

[Nioh]

Idyllshire or Mor Dhona (can't choose >.<) Eulmore confuses me with their circle and I just don't like the design of Rhalgr's Reach.

[Mansion]

I like Eulmore visually, but like a lot of people said I don't stay there because there are far too much people (why don't we keep instances in Eulmore? on raid nights it's a nightmare to load in there to either buy or upgrade a tomestone piece of gear between two fights).

Idyllshire is my favourite, but I can't stand the music there for some reason.

I don't miss Rhalgr's reach at all.

[KageTokage]

I wish they'd stick all of the vendors present in the endgame hubs into the main cities as well because I'd love to be able to spend more time in places like Kugane and the Crystarium personally.

[Derio]

Idyllshire for sure. I loved seeing how it went from bare rubble to an actual city. Same for Mor Dhona. Also the side quests during the expansions for those were great too.

Eulmore to me is just small and compact, cant use mounts and no dynamic change over time.

[Skivvy]

I wish they'd stick all of the vendors present in the endgame hubs into the main cities as well because I'd love to be able to spend more time in places like Kugane and the Crystarium personally.

This has always been a wish of mine too. It would be nice to be able to choose where you want to be and still have all the same convenience as the current endgame hub. If I had my choice of spots, I'd totally be in the Crystarium all the time.

[Rasikko]

Eulmore just a little. It reminds me of Jeuno from FFXI.

[AnimaAnimus]

I like the Crystarium because it's essentially a giant greenhouse but I agree it's rather barren of player activity, or even NPC for that matter. In the Shb trailers the main plaza looks like some highly populated farmer's market/festival, ingame though, it's a football field-size empty space

In one of the interviews a few years ago Koji said that its mostly due to technical limits. That all the city states or areas that should be high activity irl would be, but since they can only display so much, which seems drastically lower than most mmos around the same age who have many more NPCs who are also much more active and talkative, he said you basically need to just use your imagination because they are there, they are just not able to be displayed.

[Jetto]

I feel iddyl should be last, way to spread out and vast, def populated af but of the 4 I think thats the "weakest"

[Silverquick]

Revenant's Toll: I like the general feel of it, and it really feels like a hub area. There is a surprising amount of things going on there and its open so it "feels" like you're right in the middle of a war zone or perhaps "sense of adventure" and in dangerous territory just outside the gates. Also, I like the music there. It brings back really good memories.

Idyllshire: This one is really my favorite, for some reason its just soo relaxing to be there. The music is good, it feels like a really mellow gathering place which is centralized and all the quests there including the MSQs really feel the best, with this large "ancient ruins" with all kinds of deep storylines and adventure all around you. But then again I loved the HW expansion as a whole, and it was really well put togather.


Ones I did NOT like....

Rhalger's Reach: it feels "foriegn" and not in a good way, more like an uncomfortable way. I do not and have never related to this area. It reminds me of course of Al Migho and Al Migans which its brings a bad taste in my mouth due to how they were portrayed throughout ARR and HW. I never liked them and really thought we should have been fighting them instead of the Empire during that expansion instead.

Eulmore: Ok the real reason is this whole scene is just creepy as hell. While it was intended to portray a kind of "decadance". That's part of why its uncomfortable. I am reminded of Soilent Green every time I'm there, and of course that this was Vauthrie's creation. Its every thing I detest in real life... shallow superficial "elitism" without a reason. Honestly the devs did a very good job in creating the atmosphere... unfortunately... they umm... did a good job of creating the Atmosphere.


Crysterium isn't bad I do like it but... I still like Revenant's Toll and Idyllshire best. They have a sense of Adventure protrayed so well in them.