Tank Design Contest Semi-Finalists

[MPNZ]

Nothing says someone didn't!

You know everyone would try to get it.

[Lone-wolfe-02]

A set of rules would have been nice as to how the design has to look because half of these aren't really tanky should be something everyone can wear.

[Kacho_Nacho]

A set of rules would have been nice as to how the design has to look because half of these aren't really tanky should be something everyone can wear.

I disagree. Remember, we are neither seeing all the entries nor voting on the designs. These are the top armors S.E. liked the most. They liked the non-traditional designs.

The contest's rules gave a lot of leeway which allowed the participant's imagination to come up with all sorts of interesting designs. The developers shared the top picks so we can admire the entries and have fun discussing them.

In the event that an entry other than the grand prize winning entry is deemed to be excellent, Square Enix may choose to implement it in the future.

Taken directly from the contest rules. S.E. can choose their favorite tank design and have other designs to possibly adapt to the game for other roles or classes. It's a win all around for the participants and the game.

[Zojha]

S.E. can choose their favorite tank design and have other designs to possibly adapt to the game for other roles or classes. It's a win all around for the participants and the game.

...is it wrong for me to hope the next job specific tome sets will be taken from the contest...?

[Morningstar1337]

...is it wrong for me to hope the next job specific tome sets will be taken from the contest...?

Since we don't have Ramuh or Titan themed Sets yet, yes :P

Oh wait, Job-specific. I'd say not all of them should be taken from the contest. They still have to resemble the "iconic" look for the Job and so far none of these sets resemble that for AST, BLM, SMN, DRG, etc. They were designed primarily for Tanks and even when they didn't adhere to the mold for that they are still off the mark regarding matching the "iconic" image of the respective Job.

As for winners I hope the Horizon or Luminous Allagan sets make it into the game

[Elleia]

S.E. can choose their favorite tank design and have other designs to possibly adapt to the game for other roles or classes. It's a win all around for the participants and the game.

On that note, though, I'd be pretty disappointed if I designed a set for the tank contest only for SE to implement the outfit as, say, healer gear instead. Either they have to implement the chosen gear as tank gear only, or they have to make it available for all classes to be fair to the participants who clearly intended for their designs to be worn on tank classes.

[DarkblueMateria227]

I really like this one

[ADVSS]

I really like this one

If we had to get more themed tome gear id love a hraesvelgr/nidhogg/tiamat/midgardsormr themed tome set for all the jobs(roles I mean not job specific) using this as an idea/template. More interesting than primals imo

[ToppeHatte]

I like the Allagan coat a lot, but really hope it doesn't win. Rather, I'd prefer they hold off on that particular design and release it as a full tier set for some form of content. It'd feel sort of weird for just the tanks to get a new Allagan set, you know? Maybe they could even stuff it into second coil savage as a set of rewards!

My overall favorite is the Nominal set. Enough plate to be sturdy but not overly bulky, a really unique silhouette, and (most importantly to me) it seems like it would look appropriate on any of the three tanks. Most shared gear sets feel like they favor one of the three so getting a good all-around set visually would be great.

[Remus]

Wasn't this a contest for a Tank set? Quite a few of them don't even fit a Tank but every role in general... Feels like people mixed the words glamour and tank during this contest.