GFay on Innoruuk server, at least during classic / kunark.

Gfay and nfp both have banks, which granted are not usable to evil races by default. Still makes more sense to trade in a zone with a bank though, although I do appreciate the nostalgia of ec tunnel.

Tholuxe Paells was East Commons. Any other location sounds far worse for a trading hub to me.

On Solusek Ro atleast, all of the evils hung out at the Wizard spire in Gfay. Everyone else hung out on the bank platform in Kelethin.

13 year old me may have found it amusing to see how much carnage I could cause from time to time by dropping the Felwithe guards off at the spire.

The Rathe was EC tunnel, but Saturday was Bazaar day and evveeerybody came out that day to trade, and was always busier then the other days

Only reason EC tunnel was a thing is because of the stupid evil races, NFP is where the real deals went down

Rallos Zek did trading in GFay and North Freeport. Tunnel did not have a single trader, it was too dangerous there.

Evils usually set up meets in Neriak.

On Drinal and Mith Marr it was NFP. The big "evil" races would sometimes make trades from the underground tunnel entrance or more likely they would be found in the various backyards of the buildings which were quite safe. Have you noticed how many secluded backyards there are in NFP? It was nice to see them being used. The only real downside was the lag wall you hit when turning the corner into the NFP market but that didn't bother me much and I had a terrible PC then. People often factioned hard to get NFP faction on their main or would have banker characters. The alternative was an evil having to make a quick run to the Neriak bank which happens today on P99 with the EC tunnel.

When Live EQ wrecked Freeport it really hit home with me and I simply can't play there. NFP was the hub of EverQuest until Luclin on my server.

Mithaniel Marr where I guided was NFP.
Fennin Ro was Gfay.
Lanys T'Vyl was EC tunnel.

Those are the ones I remember.

Ah, I was on Tunare and yeah, Gbay was the best. The only thing was that there would be higher level evil races slaying in Crushbone to grind their faction, which left less mobs for the newbies.

Gfay felt like a real city with hundreds of people running about, finding places to sit, etc. I loved it as a kid!