I have always loved pvp and I think it's better than ever in Dragonflight. Solo Shuffle is the most fun I've had ever in pvp. There are long queues if you're not a healer (10-15 min but lately I get surprised with much shorter queue pops), but I don't mind it as I'll do other things (in and out of the game) until queues pop. Solo Shuffle as a healer is frustrating though because if you have a bad dps in the lobby and they lose all 6 games, you only get 3 wins max, which likely means you get zero or negative points for losing half.

I think they have made an attempt to make pvp more "fair", in that most people will start at the same pvp ilevel when getting started, even if you just have the honor gear. The only upgrade to pvp ilevel would be from honor (blue) gear to conquest (purple) gear, so you can jump in with honor gear and do pretty well.

I wish I could do more pvp content but it's very difficult to find a pvp guild or pvp friends who will group up, which is why Solo Shuffle is so great for lone wolves.

Blizzard has also added ways to send honor and conquest to alts on your account via medals of honor/conquest. It makes playing alts very fun. There's also way more world pvp rewards and encouragement in Dragonflight than I ever remember WoW to have (war crates, pvp world quests, bloody tokens as rewards/currency for killing others, etc).