"There are no seasonal rewards for party rankings."

[Kyani]

I don't think it's a very low chance at all.

It seems a little counterintuitive, but if you think about it logically, making solo ranked the only 'real' mode is the best course of action for SE if they want the mode to stay alive. At least this way you pull from the entire server's population instead of the incredibly tiny subset that actually 1. Takes PvP seriously and 2. Bothers to make a premade team for it.

I agree with this. Everyone knows who the "stack things in my favor" PvPers are, and those of us on Aether have a good idea of just how willing they are. The top spot (hell, maybe the top 10 spots) had absolutely zero chance of being touched by players outside of their clique.

I do think the number of rewards should be increased, (Top .1%, Top 1%, Top 10%?) but if you're good enough to cross a percentage threshold with a team, you can do it solo.