From the french translation thread
Quote Originally Posted by Vingtdeux View Post
Skirmish details



Hi there,

The Development team confirmed to me that the rate to get the rewards in skirmishes is gonna be higher than the rate in other endgame activities (like dungeon and primals).

Weapons are the only rewards from Skirmishes, and are targeted to those players who can't beat Garuda.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post751755