Starting members in PVP

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If they didn't have the Grand Company rules in place they could easily start a match and equalize the teams.


Example: 8 Immortal Flames, 4 Maelstrom, 3 Twin Adders enter a Frontlines match - game could shift three Immortal Flames players; two into Twin Adders, and one over to Maelstrom so the match would be an even spread 5 v 5 v5 - from there the Duty Finder would just pull players in increments of three out of the Duty Finder queue and sort them into the three teams.

Unfortunately with their rigid restrictions on Grand Company, PVP Ranking, and the structure of the Duty Finder you frequently encounter lopsided teams.

Another option is to make a "Frontlines Matchboard" in the Den that presents players with a list of ongoing PVP matches including information such as number of players, their roles, the current score, and so on. If you see a new match or a match you could help out with you could select it and be placed into the match immediately - sort of like a Party Finder board for PVP.

They could even make the Frontlines a persistent battlefield and only generate a new instance once enough players leave the last instance or enough players join to require a new instance. Rather than the match placement giving EXP players could garner marks and EXP by making captures, meeting certain damage & healing goals, defeating other players, and taking down the Allagan Nodes.