There is a lot to be gained for both PvP and PvE goals by farming Honor in BGs once you hit L70. There is also a really easy gear path since patch 2.4 for rep-based PvP rewards.

Once you are L70, you should never go a week without getting arena points, even if you do not really love PvP. There's just some great upgrades to be had if you slowly accumulate arena points. The points vs. rating curve is very unsymmetrical and does not penalize you much for being below a 1500 rating. See this image for details:



So, yes, run a 2v2 or 3v3 with yourself, lose 10 matches (hey, you might win 1-2!), and get your points. Every 6 weeks or so you can get a new purple... That's not a completely shameful way to get some gear pieces.

Personally, I wouldn't bother BGing until you get to L70. 4-5 undergeared and underleveled people in AV is going to really drag down your team, and you'll have a better chance at winning once you're L70. Plus, my general BG strategy is to play a mix of ALL the BGs so that you can utilize the 300 honor/turn-in. WSG will likely be the hardest BG for you to win, and so I recommend running your guys through WSG in groups of 2 or 3 until you get geared up and learn how to not be a horrible liability there. You'll end up getting tokens faster that way as well, even if you didn't care about your faction as much as I do.


Even if you want to do PvE a lot, I still recommend the gear from PvP as a good kick-start at L70 because it has a lot of Stamina, which will help you during instance runs. Also, you can generally get 4-5x of an item for a given time, whereas it may take a long time to get 4-5x of the same dungeon item, particularly if you're a bit undergeared.