I think it's stupid they took the Mat for marks away.. But it sort of makes sense now that you can buy mats with marks.. They don't want people to use marks to buy a bunch of mats, then exchange them for rep.. But I agree, it seems like everything it catered for PvP. I play a lot of pvp, but I do like PvE a lot too!! I would like to see more events and buffs in the PvE environment.