Square Enix have announced have announced a weapon design contest for their MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV.
Until October 4th, 7:59 a.m. (PT) (2:59 p.m. GMT, 3:59 p.m. BST) entrants can submit their design for one of the many Jobs weapons. Each Job wields one kind of weapon, with each Job specializing in Tanking, DPS, or Healing.
These would include a sword and shield (Paladin), gunblade (Gunbreaker), axe (Warrior), greatsword (Dark Knight), fists or claws (Monk), lance (Dragoon), twin daggers (Ninja), katana (Samurai), bow (Bard), gun (Machinist), chakram (Dancer), rod or staff (Black Mage or White Mage), book (Summoner or Scholar), rapier and magic orb (Red Mage), cane (Blue Mage), or Star Globe and tarot cards (Astrologian).
Each of the Jobs’ weapons have a template to show the maximum size they can take up. The contest is available nigh globally (except for the Philippines), and open to anyone aged 13 or over. Entrants will also need to submit their entry via their Square Enix account, and playing Final Fantasy XIV (as the form asks for your character name and home world).
Winners will be announced way off in March 2022, where 18 will be chosen (one for each catagory). The 18 grand prize winners will earn the Great Paraserpent parasol in-game item, along with their weapon being added to the game.
100 finalists will also earn the parasol, while 300 runner-ups will get a package containing a Bluebird Earring, Scarf of Wondrous Wit, Mandragora Choker, Ahriman Choker, Noble Barding for their Chocobo, Gaelicap, and a hairstyle inspired by Final Fantasy VII‘s Cloud Strife.
You can find the rules and templates here [North America, Europe]
Square Enix previously launched the benchmark for the Endwalker expansion. This allows players to not only test how well the game will run on their PC, but also use the game’s character creator. The latter will provide players with a small taste of the upcoming Male Viera race.
Final Fantasy XIV is available to Windows PC, (via the SE Store, and Steam), PlayStation 4, and coming soon to PlayStation 5, and Xbox One (though the latter was announced two years ago). A free trial is available, including the base game and the first expansion with some limitations. In case you missed it, you can find our Shadowbringers expansion review here (we can’t recommend it enough!)
The next expansion; Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, launches November 23rd.
