I know me and a lot of other people find Lockdown to be really limiting in terms of playing with friends, so I would like to suggest a new PvP mode similar to Lockdown but more freely pairs people up.
The new mode is like Lockdown except played in teams of 2 (players can choose their teammate or have one assigned at random) and there are no control points to capture. Anywhere from 2-6 teams can play in a match and the point of the game is to kill other players. Each player starts with a pool of crowns equal to the entry fee they paid to play the match. Every time a player dies he/she will drop a certain percentage of the crowns from that pool and the player that killed him/her will have the crowns added to their pool. If a player spends too long in the spawn zone they will be automatically deducted crowns and these crowns will go towards a separate pool that will be added to the total of the player with the most kills and/or damage at the end of the match. At the end of a match, each team will have their 2 pools added together and the total crowns is then split evenly among the 2 members of the team.
Criticisms and comments are welcome.