Frontlines ilvl sync

[Orophin]

They're trying to make this to where anyone can dive in and play vs needing PvP specific gear. Seems like this is the method they want people to get geared up through participation, then maybe move onto the more serious, higher skilled version. (Wolves' Den) In reality though, a lot of people are just going to do this so they can get the gear for glamours. (dat PLD armor)

The ilvl makes sense to me. You don't want fresh 50s coming in and getting steamrolled by people in full i110 gear. i80 should be pretty easy to obtain in a relatively short amount of time, so it makes it so everyone can participate and are at an even playing field as far as gear is concerned.

[Pibz]

i80 should be pretty easy to obtain in a relatively short amount of time, so it makes it so everyone can participate and are at an even playing field as far as gear is concerned.

This, first it provides everyone with almost even playing field which is necessary because 90%+ of the game's population doesn't have pvp gear and don't forget people with higher rank still have better abilities + more stats, not to mention more pvp experience(if they didn't wintrade that is).
I think it'll be great as we'll see actual active pvp and actually more often than not balanced matches between the 3 teams which, even with all the things they've been doing to make entry into pvp lass painful, is still a rare sight in the wolve's den so i'll gladly give away my gear advantage for active and more fun for everyone PvP.
Now I only hope they don't restrict teams based on what gc you are in...

The way the queues work is it sets you up with players of a similar rank, no reason Frontlines wont do the same.

Except this already screws up wolve's den queues for high ranked people , and those just require 8 people total imagine if they required a total of 72,48 or 24 players.. ugh.

[Nalien]

Except this already screws up wolve's den queues for high ranked people , and those just require 8 people total imagine if they required a total of 72,48 or 24 players.. ugh.

A large queue pool would actually be better for you... Your team has 24 people on it instead of 4, that is much more room to balance out ranks. If a r40 queues with r1s you can already see the effect balancing out ranks has on queue times. Upping the minimal rank by locking Frontlines behind a certain rank would also be beneficial in that regard. Not only are you balancing ranks for a much bigger pool, you're also balancing them from a much tighter pool.