I just started WvWvW yesterday. It's pretty neat. However I played for nearly an hour with no tally screen or any indication of rewards. Outside of experience points, I didn't see any flashy numbers popping up that entice me like crack. I'm told in the first week, the battles last 24 hours and will be extended to two weeks once the confusion of launch subsides. Do I have to be present at the end of the battle to get the phat rewards?
Do I earn any sort of rep points/advancement/currency for my individual character or account? I see a bunch of vendors in the starting area hawking items for some currency I do not have.
I know I contribute to some server-wide buffs while in the PvP zone (I'm not sure if the buffs carry over into PvE) , but that doesn't seem like much of an incentive on its own.