Someone in my guild had a really good idea on this whole Unchained thing. He proposed that since some people really love the Unchained mini game idea, while others completely hate it. Why not have Funcom make it so you get your 4 campaign badges for doing the Unchained mode minis, then you also get an additional 4 campaign badges for doing regular minis. This way for players who really do care about skill based PVP can exclusively sign up for Unchained mini games, since they don't need gear to play there. But it also doesn't force the players who wish to continue to use their PVP gear that they worked hard to acquire , or the players who simply want to use T4 gear in minis from being forced into Unchained simply because regular minis become obsolete like Tournament mode currently is.
Truth is 1 of the mini game formats is going to most likely die out. I know this because people all want to sign up with their friends, it's the biggest complaint, but when does Tournament mode EVER pop? Never, and it's because pug minis are the popular format and thus players see no reason to sign up to tournament (gain nothing from it). If Funcom implements this idea, then both sets of minis will pop, and everyone will be happy, rather then just SOME of the player base (which is really crappy to only cater to some rather then all). And plus it'll also make it so the gear grind in PVP isn't so grindy, and allow players to get geared up quicker, resulting in even the regular minis becoming easier for the newer player base to get geared up for.