The problem is another issue of the people 'wanting' something that doesn't make sense. People didn't like having to wait 'forever' for full alliances to form before starting a round of Frontlines. So Square listened to what people 'wanted' and set it so Frontlines starts with a reduced minimum of players. Remember that it's counting all players in this minimum, not players per side. So we get the situation in the opening post. Just like people 'wanted'.