Arieneth wrote:
the OP inadvertantly made an excellent point. the issue is not whether or not the poster can be used in pvp combat. the issue is that this poster change was (i assume) put in as an effort to stop the zerg. if there was no zerg, you wouldn't be locked in combat for an hour. obviously this new poster thing it didn't anything...big surprise, the system is still broken.
the entire writ/poster/token system is a complete f'ing mess. go back to status. make recent unlimited and players drop off the list on the time basis as is already in place. whatever, i don't care. just quit with the bullsht coverups and FIX the main problem.
The inclusion of posters with charges and the removal of PvP writ agents from overland zones helps relieve the zerg, as congested spots are no longer supported with distinct purpose. People can lobby their factions to boycott areas and move elsewhere (though the success or likelihood of that...is surely...low). Regardless, zerging is supported in the current state restricting usage while engaged, because then being solo and dying is rewarded, which is bad (given such conduct being considered zerging).
Your suggestion is flawed because people would organize duels for easy PvP status and it'd just be another lame grind. Being able to obtain tokens while engaging contested PvP objectives with encounter size limits throughout the perimeter of the goal region is how you disperse and inject greater strategy and purpose to combat, beyond the current "whoever can bash more heads against the other faction, wins".
Other additions were already mentioned by myself (I ironically advised the same thing without even reading Orthureon's post, lol) and Orthureon in the following posts:
Re:Can I get an official response from you SOE?
Re:Re:OK seriously, what were you thinking????
Re:Closing the 'Gear Gap'
The above threads I'm sure you've read, and those posts you seem to have ignored with irrelevant bias against the token system that promotes group PvP over what was the dominant, solo, scout-based token farmer in the past.