factions arent gone yet there is a big discussion about it over 200 posts unfortunately i dont wanna read through all the post but i dont like the idea they are leavingout to much of the good things about factions like, thieves(stealing sigils), crafters(for making faction traps), pvm(killing creatures for silver which is used for traps and faction armor), trap removers(for trap removal).
The new system so far is only about pvp i dont only like factions for the PVP i could go red if all i cared about was pvp, i enjoy the whole system always have ive been in factions since the first day te came out i enjoy them. It greatly saddens me to hear that they may get removed for a pvp only system.
But all the non faction people see or know is there is faction arties or the monster ignore, they dont see the hours of farming monsters to obtain these. factions are not broke they are just undesired by non factions. Should they get rid of faction arties i would still play should they get rid of Monster ignore i would still play but get rid of faction system for a PVP only system im not so interested in playing. I really hope they add reasons for non pvpers to enjoy as well