Why does battle high exist?

[KageTokage]

The playing for second mentality in Frontlines irritates me to no end and might be my biggest pet peeve of the mode. Even if the team in first has a substantial lead, the number of times the team in third goes after the team in second is baffling. I refuse to believe 250 wolf marks is that big an incentive to make people act that stupid.

The silly thing is that you still get 750 wolf marks in third place if your team gets enough points.

Helping to take down the guys in first will make a game go on longer and thus increase the odds the third place team will hit that point threshold so going after the guys in second is even more counterproductive because of that.