GW2 Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Design a Weapon Contest

Dulfy 30 Comments Dec 1, 2017

Arenanet have announced the winners of the 2017 Design a Weapon Contest.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

The three designs that received the most votes will serve as inspiration for in-game weapons:

1st Place – Torch by Mikeb
2nd Place – Greatsword by glacization
3rd Place – Sword by EnigmaHyena

The creative minds behind each of these will also receive a signed print of their entry, a Guild Wars 2 Cook & Becker art print, a Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™ T-shirt, 2,000 gems, a signed Guild Wars 2 art book, and a Crystalline Dragon Wings Glider.

4th Place – DamascusThe fourth-place winner will receive a signed print of their entry, a Guild Wars 2 Cook & Becker art print, a Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire T-shirt, 800 gems, a Guild Wars 2 art book, and a Crystalline Dragon Wings Glider.
5th Place – ArctariusThe fifth-place winner will receive a signed print of their entry, a Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire T-shirt, 400 gems, a Guild Wars 2 art book, and a Crystalline Dragon Wings Glider.
The sixth through twentieth-place winners will receive a Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire T-Shirt, 400 gems, and a Crystalline Dragon Wings Glider.
- 6th Place – NefyFeiri
- 7th Place – Wraith
- 8th Place – scytheage
- 9th Place – marmarello
- 10th Place – makubec
- 11th Place – betti
- 12th Place – setius
- 13th Place – Altapir
- 14th Place – jimgao
- 15th Place – LooLoo
- 16th Place – Hanako
- 17th Place – durz
- 18th Place – Josie
- 19th Place – Lizterhann
- 20th Place – Chiian
We received over 900 weapon-design entries, which is an amazing response. We plan to create an album on the official ArenaNet Flickr page in the future to display all of them. Thank you for sharing your incredible designs with us!

Gelu

Those swords? Seriously….
Mars

That sword is basic as hell. I cannot believe that was a winner….
- Raizel
  
  While it may be true, the others non-winner were way worse.
  What of the others should deserve to be top 3? None!
- Isla
  
  Good thing your opinion obviously isn’t universal, isn’t it? lol.
  
  You should try to make something better, no?
kazerniel

Yes, the moon sword made it to the top 3! 🙂
Ethan Moore

Fuck yea moon sword!
Donald

These swords? Seriously….
MrKhristov

Awesome and well done!!!!
Mr. Principal

Congratulations to the winners..! Can’t wait to get them in-game..!
Jalen Dmello

Yeah the torch deserves it, it seems my favorite didn’t even make top 5, the long bow lol
- N
  
  My favorite didn’t even make top 10, I voted for the 12th place staff lol. Can’t say I’m a big fan of any of the ones making it into the game, shame.
🌻Ellie🌹

That Damascus sword looks really good it should of been in the top 3 and the orange- pink-purple staff also. Seems everyone only wants blue weapons, either that or they rigged the vote so they wouldn’t have to make the more complicated ones >.<
- Isla
  
  Or, you know, people simply liked the aesthetics of the torch (my top vote) and the celestial design on the GS, etc.
  
  Tastes are subjective, from person to person. I’m astounded at how many people, even in these comments, lack any sort of tact and can somehow justify outrage that there were fewer people sharing their tastes. Moreover, that they can say such rude things about other people’s creations, despite showcasing talent, creativity, and skill that 90% of critics will never manage for themselves.
FrycoN

Im really sad. Only skin that i liked get 4th place so its not getting into game ;(
Halvora

I’m so glad the torch won, it was the best out of all for me. And we have enough pretty swords already, minor weapons could use more love.
- Jayce
  
  Yeah, I was really hoping for a new pistol. I didn’t really like the one that was submitted, but I can’t find any pistols in the game at all that I like. I just want something simple/”normal”/modern looking, but everything is either very elaborately decorated, plants and leaves all over it, or looks like something out of a cartoon. Same with the rifles.
Thijnos

These swords? Seriously….
Andrew McCunn

So any word how we’ll get these in-game? Are we going to have to buy them on the BLT?
- Burn Bicz, BURN
  
  Probably…..
- Norby
  
  I heard they’ll be in the new “weapon adoption” roll out. 😉
RKC

So glad the touch won!
DarksunG

Wow, those swords are the most boring things on the list..
- Alot
  
  The issue with swords in GW2 is that you usually zoomed out so far that you can’t see them. If this was a first person perspective game the swords would have better appeal .
Alot

So the top 5 entries… black lion chest drops?
cminnett

14th…sad face :/
Marine_relaxing

4th and 5th got robbed…
Emil33

I need that second place Greatsword <3
Blizin

Jesus 3rd and fourth are the most generic looking crap I have ever seen and fifth looks good but looks closely to the weapon found in Mists of Pandaria. Reminded why public voting is stupid since people aren’t art directors and other individuals like cheating, like ones that would swap out their IP to vote for the same weapon multiple times.
Carolus Wot

I would like to have the torch as a sceper
Sanivia

boring

GW2 Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Design a Weapon Contest

Congratulations to all of the winners!

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