Yea, that’s kind of why it’s awful gameplay and why Warmode was added to retail. 1 way fights that result in someone wasting 5 minutes of their life running back to their body isn’t good gameplay. And saying “go to a PvE server” is just non-argument. People don’t join PvP servers because they don’t want to PvP, they just want the PvP to be the non-griefing type more than 20% of the time.
That said, the ganking hasn’t been too bad for me so far. Usually it’s in select areas and, at least on my server, more Horde play nice than don’t. It tends to be more volatile on Retail. I was out front of Uldaman for a good 1-2 hours earlier and multiple groups of Horde passed me, none of them attacked once. In retail it’s almost a guarantee that if you go near a group of the opposite faction that their tribal mob instinct kicks in. Something about the mindset Classic puts you in seems to tone this down.