Guild Wars 2

I remember twice in GW1, ANet ran concept art contests and the winners of the contest had their designs put in game. This resulted in some of the coolest skins, including awesome weapons like the Draconic Scythe, or the Straw Effigy which even made it into GW2 by the name Mojo.

I think it would be a great thing for the community if ANet ran these sort of competitions again, perhaps more regularly. (As in more than twice in two years) I know it’s probably a pain to try and sort through, rank, and pick certain designs. But I really felt like it was a great thing back then.

I think that, while the addition of entire matching sets of skins is cool (you know, for coordinating a look), I think that some of my favorite skins have come from the unique weapons in some of the champion loot bags. (I’m looking at you, Genesis and Entropy.)

So maybe these weapons that come out of this could be like that. As a reward for winning, ANet could give winners their skin they designed in game and, like, 800 gems or something. Nothing huge and fancy, just a thank you for contributing.

There are probably some issues with this idea, but I thought I’d put it out there.