Zumwalt, have you participated in an Event on ATS to see that this is the way it work, because that isn't the way it reads in the release notes.
Yes
Things are never as they seem from ATS to Live, this is proven time and time again.
For instance on ATS, when entering Fleeting Gardens, with the 3 choices, Neutral, Kami, Karavan, it modified faction if you choose a side, when you left the PvP area, it went back to normal.
But then again, this was how it effected my character.
Try it for yourself, I have played on ATS in the roots, in FG and saw the effects, don't take my word for it though, experience it for yourself, only way your going to be happy with knowing what is factual and what is guess work.
{edited for some more clarity}
The way I read it is if you have Kami +90 and Karavan -90 and you chose Kami, your fame (which type isn't clear) goes to Kami +90, Karavan -91. If you chose the traitor's route and click Karavan, then you get Kami -1, Karavan -90. If nothing else happens, e.g. your side wins, then when the event is over that's the way it stays.
This would be improbable, for the following reason, when entering a pvp area, you are given a 30 second warning that you have entered an pvp area.
At the end of the 30 seconds, you get a popup box, in your face question, choose a side:
Neutral
Kami
Karavan
So now you choose, lets take how you understood it into consideration.
You choose Neutral, that is a given, Kami + 0 faction, Karavan + 0 faction
You choose Kami, That would mean Karavan -1, Kami +1
You choose Karavan, Of course this would mean Karavan +1, Kami -1
Now lets look at something your missing.
You can immediately leave the pvp area, it says you have left and can still be attacked for 30 seconds, so you sit, just outside the area for 30 seconds.
Then your pvp status is now clear, but you have gained or lost some faction in accordance to your last choices.
Ok, now, you want to do this a few dozen times cause you want kami fame increased, no problem based on this formula.
You re-enter the area, guess what, a warning, 30 seconds, you choose a side, BAM, faction hit, congradulations you have modified your faction by another point.
You leave the area, get the warning you are still attackable for the next 30 seconds, so you sit and wait.
After a few shots of Jack Daniels, some popcorn, and a few good movies on tv, at 1 point gain / loss a minute, thats a whole hour straight you can bounce in and out, modifying your faction, so in less than 2 hours you are +100 / -100, solid gold.
So if its that simple now, only to spend 2 hours of my game life, to get the faction I want, then the devs did me a huge favor and I never have to do a mission again.
I could be wrong.
{another edit}
Basically the only true way were going to be able to find out is when or if we ever have a pvp event where it is strict karavan vs kami, then we can see for ourself how it plays out on live server.
Sorry if I am a bit confusing, I know it can be.
