Straight Swords for Samurai?

[Haruka_R]

Samurai use katanas, katanas have a more-or-less-fixed shape, the game is made in Japan.

Go figure the math.

Want a straight blade, become a Paladin.

You're fun.

[Lanadra]

You're fun.

He's also right.

Anyway.. an arming sword does not fit a Samurai, so I stick with 'nah'.

[Tsiron]

Yay~
I know the contest says you can't (or was it shouldn't) share your entries, but after the results can you post your art here?
I'd love to see them~

The phrasing is weird but I'm assuming what

Please refrain from sharing your artworks publicly until the winners are announced, in order to protect your Entry.

is getting at is don't post it online while the contest is ongoing...? Submissions are closed now, though, and I've seen people post theirs on social media already, so I think it's fine...? Scratch that, looks like they deleted their tweet.

He's also right.

Anyway.. an arming sword does not fit a Samurai, so I stick with 'nah'.

Katanas and longswords are really not as different (in terms of use) as you think, especially in the context of a fantasy game where most everything goes. The odds of them adding a dedicated "longsword" Job is close to none, since it would be superfluous, so I don't think this is too much to ask? They're certainly not shy when it comes to giving others Katana-looking weapons, after all...

[RamKat]

The phrasing is weird but I'm assuming what

Please refrain from sharing your artworks publicly until the winners are announced, in order to protect your Entry.

is getting at is don't post it online while the contest is ongoing...? Submissions are closed now, though, and I've seen people post theirs on social media already, so I think it's fine...? Scratch that, looks like they deleted their tweet.

Based on reading the rules, it seems to me that there isn't a restriction, just a suggestion to avoid posting for our own benefit. I'm guessing they are worried about people trying to steal the art or claim later it was their own art that was stolen etc...

If you look at the portion this appears in all of the other bullets say "must" instead of please. BUT with that said, I have seen a few people post, but most have either deleted or were erring on the side of caution to begin with by avoiding posting.

I will say tho, I saw one person post 4 different submissions that all appeared to be for straight Samurai swords! Although I don't see it now so I'm guessing they deleted as well.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Before katanas were invented, samurai did use straight swords, called chokuto. It's not completely out of the realm of possibility.

Of course, they also used a variety of other weapons (spears, various polearms, bows, even rifles), but those are covered by other jobs in the game.