I tried this out in 5 games and have only gotten max 70k exp and min 40k exp.
Do I personally have to cap the towers or do you get exp across the map from doing it. +Rep for help =)
you get exp from anywhere on the map, its not from when the tower is capped but when the tower is destroyed. Also the experienced received from chain losing AVs is horrible to practically none at all, same goes for all the other BGs if you're losing its a complete waste of time as far as experience is concerned.
Exactly, this is why it's so important to win properly each time. You could rush Van, but will get very little XP and honor.. unfortunately, that's how most pugs play.
With a premade, they go for max honor/XP - ie, recapping, releasing all Wing Commanders, capping everything, full red, kill bosses, etc.
the funny thing about this is you can use the honor also as you are leveling to just start your pvp set the instant you are 80 which can be a big time saver if you are making an arena toon. :P probably obvious but some people might not think of it