i wanna ask does Hunters' Circle discount quickdraw gear. i was asked this question today and i answered no because im pretty sure the gear is played to your base and then attached to the unit but i wanted to make sure for the future

No — you ruled correctly. Quick-Draw gear doesn't get Hunters' Circle's [1] discount, because the gear is never "played there."

Gear can only be played to your Base unless an effect says otherwise (Rule 149.2), and Quick-Draw doesn't change that — it's just "[Reaction]" plus "when you play this, attach it to a unit you control" (Rule 819.1.d). Play location is locked in during Make Relevant Choices and the cost is locked during Determine Total Cost, before any attachment happens. The gear only becomes located at Hunters' Circle afterward, by being attached to a unit standing there (Rule 152.2) — which is after the discount window has already closed.

The distinction matters: Baron Nashor gets the discount because units do choose a play location, and that choice can be Hunters' Circle. Gear doesn't get a choice at all. The only way a gear is played "here" is with Deploy (Rule 830.1.b.1), and no current Quick-Draw gear has Deploy.