About AV being pvp or pve.. Well player vs environment.. Tbh most objectives come from environment, since both factions have their environmental objectives to beat.. With occasional pvp coming in from little def (why little? Read above). No need to categorise av into either of them because its both. The thing is you need a certain amount of pvpers and pve ers. And sadly more players prefer to pvp than pve at current state with all the gold waving at you.
@claims that you can take advantadge of turtling environment for rep farm.. You cant if all did it, because the game would never end. You wouldnt get 1.2k rep in 2 hrs but maybe 1.5k rep in 10 hrs. That only works if some people are winning the game for you.