In May, as part of the ongoing eleventh year anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix announced a new contest which allowed players to design their own shields to have appear in the game. Today, the top three winners have been announced! These top three entries were nothing short of magnificent, and congratulations are in order to the winners!

To see the winning shield entries, be sure to check the link below the break.

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From Playonline.com:

We'd like to thank everyone that entered the Shield Design contest! The development and operations teams had their work cut out for them when it came to choosing the winners, but we're proud to reveal the winning shield design entries!

Proceed to the winning entries.