The Frontlines Premade issue has not been fixed.

[BloodRubyXII]

Is this what you want to hear us say?
If I wanted to be miserable with three other people in PvP I'd go play Rival Wings.

There's also Aurum Vale, you can queue that outside of peak times and if the friends aren't avaliable and you have to queue for it on your own - at least you know it'll pop.