Frontlines FAQs Guide.

[Kinseykinz]

So what are the rewards like? I hear this can be a great way to farm tomes but I have never tried it.

I believe it's 50 myth per battle (win or lose) and 25 Solidary per battle (win or lose)
Then, depending on if you win, 200,300, 400 PvP exp, and I forget exactly How many marks, but I want to say 300,400, 600 wolf marks for 3,2,1st place respectively (wolf marks you can raise though by using the FC wolf mark buffs)

Also, if you keep losing (coming in 3rd), there is a 'pity' multiplier that starts to happen where you will gain more PvP exp/wolf marks than you should expect. It gradually increases. And will keep applying to your character until you place 2nd or 1st in a match.

Maelstrom just wins wins wins no matter what, it’s sea swallows all and I can never get enough…

*Ahem*...Apologies for that outburst of totally biased Grand Company patriotism!

Speaking of wins and losses during PvP matches, have you ever received a bit more PvP experience points or Wolf Marks than usual after a Frontline battle concludes?

Well, if the Grand Company you belong to continues to rank at third place, a multiplier will be added to both PvP experience points and Wolf Marks and this will build up to a certain amount for each player.

So if you weren’t sure why sometimes you were receiving higher amounts of these than normal, it’s because of this multiplier. Once your Grand Company ranks at first place the multiplier will reset, but the bonus will be applied for that round.

Also, a couple other 'advice' notes:

1. Even though skills like Protect do NOT work, they do allow for 'buff' padding, meaning when someone like a monk tries to remove your buffs, it works as an extra buff they have to remove, potentially 'protecting' (get it :P) your 'good' buffs like regens, SS's and the like.
2. On this note, know what your PvP skills do, equip them on your action bars and use your PvP action points to level the ones you like/want to boost. So many people forget to use their PvP skills and it can be not only the difference between win/loss but life/death for your character.
-Note: If you change 'jobs' you can reset your PvP actions and traits...for that job, by going into your PvP menu, hitting 'default' and reassigning the points. THEN go into your Actions/Attributes menu, and under 'PvP' Re-select all the appropriate actions and make sure you have them in your bar....nothing is more frustrating than forgetting to do this by the way in the middle of a battle.... (Might, Might have personally switched from SMN>WHM mid battle and forgot I had to re-set Attunement :/)
-If you find yourself swapping between 1-3 roles often, then it might be more prudent to select in your 'PvP' actions an traits menu your 'fave 10' from those said roles, and then buff the ones you use the most, and just live w/o 1-3 skills on each class. (Just so you know, you can set typically 2 roles w/o a problem...it's 3+ that become dicey). I often have SCH/WHM skills set so I can freely change between them as needed w/o worry...it's only when I decide 'I don't feel like getting punched non-stop today' and roll SMN instead I have to be mindful if I decide/need to swap to healer for any reason once in battle.