Guild Wars 2

Every KB match rewards glory whether you lose or not; my rank points are going up along with spendable glory

Is this intended?

It’s affecting all activities, not just Keg Brawl. I don’t think there’s been any official reply from the devs, but considering they haven’t fixed it immediately (they tend to jump pretty quickly on such things), it’s probably intended.

I think it’s a side effect. They changed the system glory works so you get 125 glory for participation in PvP (as long as you’ve scored any points at all) plus a bonus for winning, rather than glory based exclusively on your own performance / rank points gained.

Now all the PvP activities are technically PvP matches and as such you now get the participation bonus.

While I don’t think this is by design, they may just decide to keep it in.