They have, when they removed the old SV/RSV to put this melee spec in there.
I’m not one of them(just wanted to make that clear).
Ironically, current SV shares more with BM in theme, fantasy, and mechanics, than old SV shared with MM when they removed it, saying that “it was sort of like Marksmanship, just with more traps, or different arrows”.
Reading between the lines, this pretty much equates to how they think that any two specs focusing on the use of ranged weapons can’t have enough distinction between them, purely because they both focus on using ranged weapons. Which is like saying that you can’t have two specs both focusing on casting spells, because then both would be focusing on casting spells…etc.
Like you, and many others here, have said already, this would be the optimal solution.
The biggest issue I have with it all is how they discarded the old SV, saying what they did to justify it. They did this at a time when they were working to add depth and more distinguishing elements to all specs, as a “feature” of the new expansion. But with Survival, they just didn’t bother?
Not saying that any modern version of the old SV/RSV would be perfect for everyone, but what you can find below definitely wouldn’t play like current MM does.