Player City

A player city is simply any of the major cities you can choose for your character at the time of creation. They are most easily distinguished by the plethora of standard housing available in them and guild halls within the city limits. Likewise, most Live Events have some form of NOC within these city limits or very near them in and adjacent zone (e.g. Darklight Wood--adjacent to Neriak).

Locations

 * Freeport
 * Gorowyn
 * Kelethin
 * Neriak, City of Hate
 * New Halas
 * Qeynos

Though players can technically buy a house in Thurgadin, City of the Coldain, it is not a player city because you can not it as an city to travel to or adjacent to when you create a new character or to after you leave the Overlord's Outpost or Queen's Colony

Alternate Terminology

 * Because of the game's early history, which sent players directly to one of them, they are alternately referred to as "starter cities".
 * Because of their centralized amenities like banks, brokers, and so on, they may also be generically referred to major cities.