Let's Try A Positive Post...Best Expansion HUB?

[TheRealMadruck]

I wanted to reach out to the community and ask: Which expansion’s endgame hub do you believe is/was the best, and why?

For those who may be new or need a reminder, I’m referring to the specific "gear hubs" (not the main capital cities with the Market Boards):

Mor Dhona (Revenant’s Toll): The original. It began as a small camp and literally transformed into a town as the 2.x patches progressed. Can anything surpass the nostalgia of the Rising Stones?

Idyllshire: Heavensward’s goblin-operated haven. It’s compact, you can ride your mounts everywhere, and it has that warm "rebuilding from ruins" atmosphere.

Rhalgr’s Reach: The Stormblood hub. It’s incredibly unique with the massive statue and the monk temple style, although I know some found it a bit too spread out.

Eulmore: Shadowbringers’ "City of Pleasure." Love it or dislike it, the bright colors and that distinctive Beehive music are unforgettable. Plus, having everything on one level is very convenient.

Radz-at-Han: Endwalker’s colorful gem. It’s likely one of the most vibrant cities we’ve ever seen, and the music is a total hit.

Solution Nine: The Dawntrail newcomer. Pure cyberpunk vibes. It feels entirely different from anything else in Eorzea, but is it too large? Or is the futuristic look exactly what we needed?

What stands out for you? Is it the convenience (how near the vendors are to the Aetheryte)? Is it the music? Or simply the overall vibe and where people prefer to AFK and showcase their glamours?

[Ath192]

Rhalgers reach or Mor Dhona. You could use mounts in them back then. Ydilshire was too far away from everything.

[ovIm]

I'm quite fond of Rhalgrs. It was a bit more spacious, but allowed you to chill in the water, or on your mount.

Radz-at-Han is a close second. Vibrant colors, and the BGM slaps hard.

I wanted to like S9 (i enjoy the aesthetic personally), but the BGM kills any desire I could have had to idle there for longer. Now if I mute the BGM and put on the CP2077 soundtrack, i become happy as a clam.

[Gwenkatsu]

From a purely aesthetical point of view I'd choose Radz-at-Han. Unfortunately it also brings some bad memories with it (taking forever until you get the central teleport, which makes navigating the place 50% faster; and the overly stupid way they killed the Satrap while everybody else was suddenly moving in super slow motion).

The development of Mor Dhona sounds nice, but I haven't been around back then, so no fond memories for me.

In the end I'd choose Idyllshire. The place is beautiful in its own way, you can ride, and it has a nice feeling about it of different folks and people working together for a common goal.

[Valence]

Idyllshire also saw gradual development. They dropped this after HW.

[jimmybe29]

Eulmore is the one for me, music and mood was great, pretty design

[Voidmage]

I do actually like Solution 9 the most surprisingly.
The music isn't as bombastic as Eulmore, it has much open space compared to Radz-at-Han and it's not as hidden away as Rhalgr’s Reach.

Second would be Mor Dhona because it feels really welcoming.
Last would be Idyllshire simply because of it's music.

[CCheshire]

I was going to run and post about my fav old hub that was Old Sharlayan, but then I re-read the title and it's actually Sol9 since I like the modern sci-fi city themes and Nexus Arcade is a good area to AFK.

[AlessaImpera]

Eulmore, because of the pole dancers (just kidding)
Probably Idyllshire, as theres actual weekly reasons for me to go there and im not forced to go by foot.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Eulmore for the ambiance/music. Also everything is pretty close together so not much running all over.