People are increasingly beginning to question the amazing amount of perk points avaliable for hitting factories (and they're easy to jabo down totally in 2 sorties, so people are getting FIGHTER perks for whacking them too.)
Many casual players (which are probably MOST of the arena, but a small part of the posters on this board)are furballers totally and likely unaware where factories are and that they need to be defended....
However, maps like Snefens new map indicate the location of all of them..
If people saw factories on their in-game map perhaps they'd take more seriously defending them. And if each individual factory had a dar it would increase the chances of an attack being spotted.
If people had to fight their way through, perhaps these perks would be better earned. As it is, even with a fair number of people on-line, it's possible to whack a factory unmolested.
If you're gonna give that many perks for a factory, it really should be something that takes a squad combined-arms op to whack totally.