Paladin

I can't speak for all Elyos, but I can say I stopped sieging because I got tired of losing to fully geared Asmos that have had the forts for months. If you want the PVP buff to go away, and Elyos won't fight for it, don't defend and let the Balaur flip it for you. The influence ratio will balance, buff will go away, and Elyos might try and siege once in awhile if it's PVE against the Balaur. Then your "full dressed officer" can come over and stomp on under geared Elyos when the boss is 5% dead. There has to be a penalty so you can't completely grief the other side, unless you want an Asmo only server.