Frontlines: There should not be ANY rewards for 2nd or 3rd place

[Valence]

I think timegated nature of battlepass brings out the worst in roulette players. It rarely works in actual pvp games, and it sure doesn't work for FFXIV where typical player sees pvp as a chore. Similar thing happens in other pvp games I play, but it's usually limited to like a weekend, and rewards are balanced differently.

I personally would like to see pvp series made permanent and expanded, so that every patch the pvp series level gets higher and higher, so that you could always catch up on the rewards and it doesn't feel forced to bring people into the mode.
Think of it as a separate pvp level.

Probably yeah, as long as it offers enough content but with a balance where someone starting up doesn't have to spend years grinding it up when there is years to catch up with. Having diminishing costs for older series instead of just putting them out of reach would probably be a healthier approach I think.

[TofuLove]

Probably yeah, as long as it offers enough content but with a balance where someone starting up doesn't have to spend years grinding it up when there is years to catch up with. Having diminishing costs for older series instead of just putting them out of reach would probably be a healthier approach I think.

I think that's a good idea.
Other games i play have similar mechanic and it works quite well, also creates some differentiation between pvp and pve.

Frontline queues were long before they started waving the exp carrot for players. In my opinion frontline is there to pull players in and let them experience PvP with them hopefully moving on to ranked etc. Doing anything to hamper that just hurts PvP in the long term.

we've discussed this in lengths within 20 pages of the thread. it's already hurting pvp in long term because it's seen as free exp for no participation - it needs some balancing and addressing the lethargic players.
if pvp is not fun enough to be played for the sake of it, maybe that needs to be reviewed.