Yeah it used to give twice the amount it gives now and was a legit way to level back when exp rewards were first implemented. As a result however people wrote bot programs for the instance where the toon would just run straight to mid in Shatter, this was before they locked Frontlines to one duty on a three day cycle, and get themselves killed because even third place gave pretty decent rewards for your time. It ended up being that half or more of your Frontlines parties ended up being compromised of either A. Bots or B. Lazy players who would AFK in the middle of the pack or at base and only 'move' a bit when called out before going back to doing nothing. These incidents are also why Frontlines now has a two minute AFK kick timer.
