2.3 Frontline What do we know?

[Nalien]

I think that is a fair way of handling it. Although it looks to me like other people would rather PvP with a lead pipe while other players have a toothbrush, it's just so weird to me.

I'd rather they fix PvP progression.

Make Wolves Den less of a grind.
Lock Frontlines behind a quest that requires R25.
New players enter Wolves Den, it's less of a grind so much more tolerable.
They rank up, obtain some Morale gear, then enter Frontlines.
Frontlines matches up the same way Wolves Den does, so teams are roughly equal in rank.

And that's to say nothing of Morale adjustments, but it gives PvP a very clear sense of progression that currently looks to be non-existent. The PvE equivalent would be if they let you enter Coil at Lv1. No, you had to level up you character and go through some trials to enter Coil, the same should be true for Frontlines. If they make the grind manageable it isn't even that big of an issue. The only reason we have this issue is because someone at SE refuses to adjust the grind in PvP.

Given the Frontlines news, I'm really not surprised they wont change it. It's a disturbing trend in XIV; All vanity related content is rarer than progression content. It's really no surprise that Animal Gear would be locked behind R40 for no other point that vanity (for the foreseeable future, at least). Odin and Behemoth? Check. Crafted vanity gear? Why does that need maps? Housing? Fledgling Apkallu is locked behind the ridiculous Sightseeing Log... I'd go on but I already made myself sad by reminding myself about my baby Apkallu that never will be.