As far as I know it's always been this way. I use the the Foundry Tactical Combat which shows my XP and VP rewards. All mobs I have killed only grant XP and after checking my VP gain from killing them realized the XP is divided by 10 when converting to VP.
When I turn in a quest it grants VP directly.
The good news is that I believe once you hit Veteran Rank 1 all quest turn ins grant VP, no matter what the quest level, even lower ones.