About Tank Design Winner

[Caitlyn]

Good evening guys, Gungnira here.

As one of the artists (and maybe the only german artist), I just want to share you my thoughts about the contest and the finalists.

To be honest, I expected to see the Luminous Allagan Gear as the winning design, because its very detailed, nice drawn and fits the lore. But I also didnt expect that my design would make it to the best 11 designs. Other designs were great, even those, which didnt made it to the finalists (my personal 3 favorites: Magical, Lalatank and Noble). But I think it wasnt easy for the Lead Designer to choose between so many awesome and different tank-designs.

From the artists point of view: creating a tank armour can be pretty hard. In fact, your (original) Tank-gear should:

• fits the lore/world/class
• fits for any race and gender (which can be a challenge)
• be fashionable (or at least very detailed)
• be functional (or at least look like a Tank-gear)
• and be something new (but not look to much from other games).

My entry (Horizon Gear aka "PSO2 gear" lol) seems to be a bit special here (as intended). I clearly stepped away from some points I ve stated above. Maybe I love to be one of those "Bikini-Tanks" >: D

My main inspiration comes from two existing gearsets from FFXIV: The Augmented Robe of Healing (I love holograms ^^) and the Ironworks Gear of Fending (best gear ever ^^). I m a huge fan of the allagan and garlean designs (ironworks gear included). Having a chance in a design contest means to stand out from the mass. There are so many typical tank-gearsets (mostly plate armours) already in the game, thats why I tried to make something new. Some people might say, that my design dont fits into the world (because of sci-fi elements) or is already in the game (garlond/allagan), which is absolutely ok. My design wasnt intent to be something for the mass. Compared with other entries, I will definitely put more effort and details to the next designs. So stay tuned for some other special designs xD

Now lets talk about the winner of the first price. We clearly have our own personal favorite and it can be disappointing, when those favorites didnt made it to the finalists. I know, some of you want the traditional plate armour, while other people want something different. But I wonder about the amount of negative feedback for the first place, because it was the most hyped tank design a few weeks ago. What happened? Calling a tank design with that high amount of details "boring" or "recolor of existing gear", is quite a bit harsh, isnt it? The Lead Designer made his choice, which is a better way, since community votings arent the best idea (for exampel: the hairstyle contest).

So, why dont just celebrate the winners and looking for the next contests for healers and dps? In my opinion, I had a lot fun and was very excited for the announcements.