Took the duo out for a spin in WSG to see if my suspicions were true. They were. Pre-moonkin form battlegrounds are horrible, and the players are sometimes worse. That one WSG lasted for over 90 minutes, everybody sucked, even the level 39 twinks with 2000-3000 health.
Was considering the level 40 cloth bracers with +16 spelldamage, but for the price of 20 badges I think I will wait until Outlands.
Once moonkinned up with more health and pvptrinkets these guys will be so much more fun, able to heal, tank, deal, flagrun and generally piss off the other team with moonfire spam.
(Music from Thunder Force V.)