The items and points are there for performing services for your deities and their representatives on Atys.
Because of the way things have been done in the past this was never made more comprehensive than getting some for killing players belonging to the opposing faction, but IMO there's no reason this has to be the case.
Like with civilisation points, other missions can very well exist. These could be similar in nature (but not identical of course) to the ones that yield fame.
Or there could be more events like the old temple building (but without the forced pvp) where people can help build actually construct things. As is, only 2 temples of each faction have ever been completed for example, something could be organised around that (though I fully realise such building events are by their very nature time limited as at some point construction is completed, unless you want to have the mission continue with no visible/noticeable return on investment except some faction points in someone's bag).
Because of the way things have been done in the past this was never made more comprehensive than getting some for killing players belonging to the opposing faction, but IMO there's no reason this has to be the case.
Like with civilisation points, other missions can very well exist. These could be similar in nature (but not identical of course) to the ones that yield fame.
Or there could be more events like the old temple building (but without the forced pvp) where people can help build actually construct things. As is, only 2 temples of each faction have ever been completed for example, something could be organised around that (though I fully realise such building events are by their very nature time limited as at some point construction is completed, unless you want to have the mission continue with no visible/noticeable return on investment except some faction points in someone's bag).