What has been your favorite and least fav end game hub?

[Ultran]

Solution 9 would be fine for me if I would not teleport into a pointless area of the map so that I have to immediatly take 3 steps forward, click on the Aetheryte and teleport to the vendors. Why? You did not have to do that in most other hubs. Why is the Aetheryte so far removed from the important vendors?

[Darkrai4014]

Favourite: Solution 9. The aesthetic, music, and detail put into this entire map is amazing. the sense of scale too is incredibly impressive and that summoner bell is one of the most incredibly minor but satisfying things they added to the game and imo the map layout is perfectly fine. I barely even use the aetheryte to tp to the vendor area cause its so close by. I just really wish there could be an Inn or an MB there because the place is just that good.

Least favourite: Radz-at-Han. I don't think this place is necessarily bad, and has a lot of color and charm. but I absolutely hate the layout and the music. the fact there are two seperate corridors for vendors when they could all be in one is beyond me lol. even the jumping puzzle is mediocre and not very rewarding.

Honorary mention: Eulmore. Great music, top tier layout. literally everything is in a single area and its great. The only real downside is that other than the single main area there's not much else to really to it, the lower half of the city is rather unimpressive (though that's kind of the point.)

[Toutatis]

Favourite: Radz. Feels like a city, I like the music and colours and it’s practical with everything I need close by.

Least favourite: Solution 9. It feels so empty, we land in the middle of nowhere when we teleport, somewhat feels like a mall with the music and decor. I am out of there as soon as I get what I need from the vendors. Some vendors are seriously missing too (materia vendor not even there).

[Darkrai4014]

(materia vendor not even there).

There is, they're upstairs in the vendor area, you gotta take the jump lift.

[Toutatis]

There is, they're upstairs in the vendor area, you gotta take the jump lift.

Ty, still hate the place though for the other reasons.

[Aniise]

I liked Idyllshire/Revenant's Toll and Eulmore the most.
The first one, because it was just convenient and not too small, but it was fine since you could ride mounts there.
The latter one was just super convenient, due to everything being so close to eachother and the area was very pretty to look at.

The one I like least must be Rhalgars Reach, everything seemed to be too spread out and aesthetically it was just...boring I think.
With Solution Nine I'm a bit split...
i want to like it but...this goddamn main aetherithe man... It takes me way too long until I can click on it because I need to get sooo close!
Also..no mounts even though the area is so vast

[LunaLana]

In order for me from most liked to least.

1.Solution 9; Just love the cyberpunk aesthetics, the vendors I use are close to one another and the music bangs

2.Eulmore; Love the aesthetics here as well and same thing with the vendors.

3.Radz-at-Han; The music slaps too hard here

4. Idyllshire; I prefer Ishgard for the heavensward ones so only really go to Idyll when I have too turn something in or the book.

5. Rhalgr's Reach; The statue and pond are cool but for the rest it didn't really hit me much.

6. Revnants Toll; Just not really my thing.

[GreenLeafy]

Idyllshire. Might just be bias since it was the one I spent the most time in but I didn't mind the distance of vendors , having the quest to build it up over time was really cool , being able to mount was really nice. I loved seeing people line up showing off all the different colour EX trial birds from back then and I kind of missing having something like that in the new hubs.
Eulmore / Rhalgr / Revenant's are somewhat on equal standing. -shrug- Mostly peak convenience for sure.
Radz am indifferent about and it felt a bit big.
S9 is just not level designed well at all imo. The sights there aswell get boring so fast too because they're just so incredibly repetitive. Like others have mentioned it really would've been much better if we were able to mount in there.

[Plumerian_Ariadust]

1) Idyllshire + Revenant's Toll - It just has something special.
2) Eulmore - Compact layout
3) Rhalgr's Reach
4) Solution 9 - Could have moved the arcade near the Arcadion or at least the shops that trade gear near it.
5) Radz - Didn't click for me.

[Vyrerus]

Revnants Toll
Idyllshire
Rhalgr's Reach
Eumore
Radz-at-Han
Solution 9

which of these is your fav?

my top 2 are revnants toll and eumore, revnants it was fun to see every patch drop and more and more people there and also was pretty hustling bustling and spread out, also nostalgia but we cant factor that in

EUMORE is also up tehre with the ease and layout


least fav is easily easily idyl. way way too spread



wish I could create polls here!

Revenant's Toll was/is the GOAT. It was part of its endgame zone, so less zoning required to be doing things. Loved seeing it grow over time. A little sad that it stopped growing.

Rhalgr's Reach was pretty good. Only wish the Resistance had built it up to become fort like with additions like Revenant's Toll. They coulda carved in some more caves and subterranean housing, as seen in Ala Gannha.

Solution-9: Dawntrail may suck, but its endgame hub is quite nice. Very pleasant atmosphere, suffers from section you care about being cut off from the rest of the area, leaving most of the area to actually be dead space after you've cleared it of sidequests. But it was not the first offender, nor the trend setter for this... We'll get to that.

Idyllshire: Would rate this one a lot higher if the music wasn't so insufferable. I was tired of Idyllshire's music after 1 HW patch. It's GRATING. But other than that, it grew like Revenant's Toll and got to be pretty endearing.

Radz-at-Han: Kind of OK. Sorta falling into the whole, most of the zone is wasted. Makes no sense that it doesn't have a market board. No, the Final Days hurting merchants and the martial law declaration do not continue to make sense to this day.

Eulmore: I fucking hate discount Limsa Lominsa. It's Limsa but FUGLY. Its one redeeming feature being the sleek dark green floor that the graphics update seems to have butchered. This is where they started wasting the hub zones, and the wasting of the hub zone here is PROMINENT. The aethereyte is upstairs with the hub vendors. Once you finish sidequests, the rest of the zone is dead space, and because the zone is arranged vertically, you never even see most of the zone. Thanks for ruining our endgame hub zones, Shadowbringers!