Why would Blizz add PvP and not Battlegrounds?

[Thawwing Light]

Honestly, I've seen more or less exactly what you have - now that there's something to be had by wasting the Alliance duo of Hunters that camp the Splintertree entrance day and night, there are 60s there beating the snot out of them. Questing in Badlands as a 40 was nice - duo'd with my priest friend, we had many small encounters and a few midscale battles (mostly 2 on 2, some 3 on 3, and the rare 5 on 8). It was a great night, despite being kited through monsters and knowing that there's always someone waiting until you start fighting to gank you. Still, as you said, there were a number of 60s just one /2 away looking for a good fight.

Overall, for the PvP servers, this patch has been a Good Thing. People are more interested in more 'even' fights (no one ever wants a perfectly fair battle, but now most opponents want a worthy target). Sure, there are still gankers, but there are counter-gankers, and I haven't seen quest givers being camped because, when it gets down to it, if someone on a PvP server wants to kill you/ annoy you/make you call your guild, they'll just waste you, and not bother with creative and roundabout methods of griefing. This hasn't gotten any worse than it was before.