I have to disagree with you on several points. The new system does stop people from getting Faction gear [i]if[/i] they don't want to play PvP. Yes, [i]can[/i] play Crucible, but what if they don't like Crucible. Or if they just want a piece of Faction gear for the appearance? Bungie is now forcing them to play when they didn't used to do so. If you want to call Crucible gear "PvP gear," fine, but it's not as if the perks are significantly different anyway. I can agree on one point however. Bungie made this change to make the game require even more grinding. That seems to be the core logic behind a lot of changes.