Gear Design Contest (Caster/Healer Edition): Winners Announced

These are both... unappealing and... kinda ugly IMO. I was way more impressed with the runners-up. Just not for me I guess.

I really wish they would have let the community have some small vote in who the winners were. A vast majority of the community from what I saw was equally disappointed with the tank gear that won and from what i've seen with the caster/healer so far on this thread the sentiment is no different.. I don't think SE knows what their community wants. Although, im sure they picked winners for this contest on completely different and arbitrary criteria TBH

Either way, congrats to all those who won :)

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Originally Posted by XSamsaraLotusX

Nice but why female only?

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Pretty sure the caster one is male only as well in that concept art. Oh boy they showed boobs in a tiny preview. Still doesn't entirely show both sets and you know they'll have lots of large differences based on the gender body types in game. ( this always seems to happen with shared glamour gear )

God that caster gear is so hideous... I can't get over it.

Can't wait to see how many people wear this /s

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Originally Posted by Natashio

To the people in this thread demanding that they show a male version of the healer set. Has it not dawn on you all that the person that submitted the drawings, had decided only to used a female character as their base model. But all well...logic.

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Wans't one of the rules to design both male and female outfits unless unisex?

OT: I love the caster top, minus the arm/cape thingy. And I personally wonder how are they gonna achieve that part. A piece that goes from arm to arm is gonna cause so many weird animations and clipping when our chars do animations interacting with the arms lol.

Congrats to both for winning.

Healer one is terrible, no male variation and can't wait for the horrendous clipping to happen. Caster one is pretty good, minus the butt window but I can live with it.

As another poster pointed out before, they are both on cats, and also both winners are Japanese.

While I have no idea whether it's the same person, there is a Taiwanese FFXIV illustrator called Kare who entered the tank contest and I think there's a decent chance that's who the winner was. Just because they did the annotations in Japanese doesn't necessarily mean the winners are Japanese.

Congrats to the winners and all the hard work you put into your designs.

That being said, I wouldn't want to wear either in their current state. I do like the looks of the healer set better than the caster though. The caster set looks like a rectangle box on your head.

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Originally Posted by Kit-Kat

Wans't one of the rules to design both male and female outfits unless unisex?

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That is correct.


"When the gear is implemented, we are planning to make it equip-able for all races and genders. If no specific information is included about how the gear should look when equipped by male or female characters for example, the development team may make adjustments"

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...3a930a1d5ec5bf

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Originally Posted by Serilda

While I have no idea whether it's the same person, there is a Taiwanese FFXIV illustrator called Kare who entered the tank contest and I think there's a decent chance that's who the winner was. Just because they did the annotations in Japanese doesn't necessarily mean the winners are Japanese.

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It would be nice to see some of SE's western fanbase shown some recognition. Off topic, but that healer outfit still has no excuse to be featured.

On the caster winner:

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We received a wider variety of designs in this category of the gear design contest when compared to the Tank edition. This lead to quite a bit of trouble when it came to selecting a grand prize winner, but in the end, we chose this design based on the fact that it was something we’d never done before. The design will really force the dev. team to answer questions about how they would replicate aspects of this design into the game. It seems the team took up this challenge, and the character designers and animation designers are already racking their brains trying to think how to replicate the cloak and flames. We’re expecting to feature a ranged magic DPS outfit that has never existed before, so please look forward to it!

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So basically, "screw what we think actually looks good, we just like the fact that this puts our 3D modeling skills to the test"? That's pretty much what I'm reading here.

...my god, they basically said the exact same thing about the winning healer design, too:

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Just like with the ranged magic DPS designs, the healer category also featured a lot of unique designs which led to a lot of difficulties for the judges. In the end, a theme of “light-geared medical wear,” which we’ve never really had, and the difference in volume between the shoulder/chest area and the hip area became the key element that led us to choosing this entry as the grand prize winner. When looking at these types of designs, from a style perspective, this is very difficult design to implement. We haven’t challenged ourselves with these type of designs in the past, but we have started to look into how we can implement it, so please look forward to it!

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How insulting it must be to create a truly remarkable piece of artwork for this contest only to lose out because the dev team thought it might be fun to see how they could implement poofy thigh pants without clipping issues. Oh well, tbh, I've never enjoyed a contest winner so far so no point rustling my jimmies over it. Just kind of a shame given that there were some REALLY well-designed outfits out there (even if I didn't personally like the styles, they at least weren't super simple like the winners).

You know, I kinda wish some of the runner-up creations were implemented, too. No offense to the winners, it's just that I kinda fell in love with some of the runner-up designs.

I'm unhappy with the healer winner, but the caster design is okay by me.

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Originally Posted by Serilda

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/range...hSrgMGk/32.jpg

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Male Lalafel in playdeath pose?

BTW: What happened to the tank contest winner gear?

Disappointed, even some of the amazing ones weren't runners up. I know it's personal taste and all...but the winners designs certainly aren't mine.

I do like the caster gear. Finally something that we dont have ingame. I just hope that they will manage to do the horns and the cape, since without it, it might not look that good anymore. Still a little strange that they choose this eventhough they dont even know if they are able to do it. Why not let it on the second place as a set that might get into the game as a crafter receipt or Gold saucer price and focus more on a outfit that is not so challenging.

I am kinda still on the fence for the healers outfit. First even if I play a female character I would like to now how this will look on male characters and maybe even on female Roes. Also its kinda plain and will surely glitch with the hair.

Well still congrats on the winners. :)

I don't like any of them.

More gear I won't wear, I guess.

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Originally Posted by KarstenS

Male Lalafel in playdeath pose?

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You're worried about that outfit with the Male Lalafell when we already have countless subligars?

I don't care for the winning sets as a whole, but I'm sure piecing out some of the parts for glamour will result in some decent looks. The caster hoodie (hopefully the cape thing is part of the gloves) would be great with some goggles and pants or a flowy torn bottomed dress.

I actually think the healer set is quite cute :X But then I've always liked bliaud tabard style tops. It's nice to not have long robes for a change.

The caster one has interesting elements. I don't care for the head or boots, but if I actually find a caster I enjoy playing (high hopes for Red Mage), I'm sure I'll get some mileage out of the legs and body.

Not a fan of the high collar on the healer set, but it's not bulky, so it shouldn't clip too bad. I do like the tabard a lot, though.
Please, please please let them keep the bottoms the same for males instead of giving us yet another pair of slacks just like so many we already have. They'd easily become my favorite bottom piece if they aren't drastically altered.

Absolutely love the caster winner (sans the glove..capes?) but am lowkey terrified males are going to get regular ol bottoms because SE cannot into sexy dudes.

Could not be more disappointed with the healing winner. Incredibly high collar for maximum hair clipping? Check. Hat that'll look silly with ears in-game? Check. Thigh highs that will become generic pants #3782 for guys? Cheeeck. I like the first and second runner ups so much more ;-;

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Originally Posted by KarstenS

BTW: What happened to the tank contest winner gear?

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I believe they said it'll be released with Stormblood.

I'm honestly very disappointed by the Healer Design that won...

They literally picked the most simplistic design to implement as this "new" design contains so many concepts that already have assets in FFXIV.
I'm starting to feel like they just don't want people to play Healers as they never give us anything worth a damn. I'm "soooooo" looking forward to our new Contest Winning White Magic AF redesign. /sarcasm
We already have so many designs in the Great Big Healer Book of Armors that are so similar, why did you pick this? There were so many interesting designs submitted...I was hopeful they would have picked a unique one instead.

I don't know why I expected anything other than a White & Red Robe to be added...

Sigh...

So I'm never casting or healing now...

Grats to both of the winners!

I like the caster one but I'm not too keen on the healer one.

calling the healer contest winner a new WHM AF design is really ignorant.
It means youre solely judging because the main colors are white and red(a very bright orangy-red which is not WHM-like at all) and completely disregarding the overall design which couldnt be any farther away from
a traditional white mage theme.

That being said, I really, really dislike that winning healer design. Im not too fond of the caster one either, although I can see certain elements that might be good looking if you combine it with other parts.


Overall,the most interesting thing for me were the comments given to the designs, in particular this one:

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The dev. team was getting excited discussing if it would be possible to create this type of outfit utilizing the new modeling technique which will be introduced along with samurai’s outfit in Stormblood.

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That quote in particular stated that we might see more nifty, complex designs since there will be more possibilities.
They also generally seemed to really like certain designs to such an extent that they would like to implement them in one way or another...so I'm expecting to see more than just the winner gear to be implemented.


I'm also interested to know if the japanese community is discussing about the winning designs and whats their opinion on those.

Making me wish I mained caster dps instead of healer. XD Not a fan at all of the healer set winner, but then these things are always super subjective anyway. It's not a bad design! Just not at all to my tastes.

That caster dps design is wonderful, however. Very much looking forward to seeing them implement it and I hope SE can stay true to the design.

I had a giggle on their commentary about the Mercury set, though. White and black magic? That design is clearly fire/ice. xD

Caster set looks like a generic witch doctor / necromancer set of gear. The healer one is okay I guess but we have too many stocking type gear and miniskirts in the game already we don't need more of it. There were so many with longer skirts and/or pants and it is really a disappointment we get the same as we already have.

I like both of them, actually, but they aren't the ones I thought would win. Clipping issues aside, the healer one is totally a style I like. The caster one looks good, but I'm not a fan of the headpiece (I like the flames but not how "block-y" it looks compared to the rest of the outfit).

Well, these aren't for me. Pass.

These are kinda...meh. The caster set has stuff I like but the skull mask really puts it over the edge for me. I really like the top for the Caster, I love fur collar trims. But that's really the only thing I'm digging from that. The healer set...I'm not gonna lie, it looks like it belongs on a MCH more then it does a healer. Like it doesn't scream "HEALER!" to me, it screams commando or something and that makes me think of MCH.

Gratz to the winners, Both designs have minimal clipping issues. Might wear the Healer one (or pieces of it), but its not my style. But! Seeing how they worded the comments, some of the runner ups still might make it into the game in some way. Hmm... I wonder if anyone notice if they accidently gave away just a little bit of how RDM will function on Shinryu's comment?

Congrats to the winners. I really loved all the entries, I hope SE implements many of the runner's up in the future as well.

The healer one is zzzzz. Can we get the crepe one instead, please?

If I see thigh-socks on one more thing in this game I'm going to vomit. Not a chance I won't be glamming that on my female Highlander.

I would be interested in SE ever gets numbers on the amount of set gear that is glamoured over. I almost never see anyone displaying the look of set gear, even when it first comes out.

I am somewhat fine with the caster set other than the headpiece. I just don't think that skull thing fits. Not a fan of the healer gear either. I don't really like gear that covers my character's face in the slightest bit. They will just be more gear that I'll just glamour over. This is why I want more glamour options. I'm running out of ideas.

And there is no way these two sets will look the same on both male and female anyway. Some of the runner ups I liked better. Oh well.
Either way grats to the winners!

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Originally Posted by Sentaryuu

And there is no way these two sets will look the same on both male and female anyway.

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I don't really see how the caster dps set would have to be changed in any way for a female model.

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Originally Posted by Ririta

Both fetish wear? Eww.

Wasn't a Carbuncle outfit competing? Why not pick that?

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A fur suit isn't fetish wear? >w>

I actually like the healer set more than the caster set.

These are...interesting choices.

No offense to the winners, but... there were WAY better entries in both categories. Seriously, who didn't look at this one for casters: http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/range...hSrgMGk/20.jpg
And think "Yeah, my Redmage will wear that until 5.0"?
But NOPE, we apparently needed a singlet and chaps, that looks like it was a part of that terrible PVP tier...

In all seriousness, there were so many better contenders, I didn't even remember the winners being in the finalist list. I had to go back and double check the old post.

Congratulations to the winners and the runner ups. :D

It is interesting the art team brought up how the winners were chosen because they would be challenging. I like that! It sounds like the good people at SE are not content to go through the motions. They wanted to implement the difficult! Bravo!

Also of note are the positive comments from the art team. They liked what they saw! I wouldn't be surprised if we spy many of the runner ups in the game come Stormblood.

With all that said, would I be out of line if I made a heartfelt plea for the Carbuncle suit to be offered in the future also? I know it isn't in the running but it would so adorable! Golden Saucer price? ;)

Not my favourites but they are pretty good aswell. I just hope SE will add other designs in the future.