I actually find it to be more interesting than that. I have a 59 boomkin and I have many random quest rewards that are scaled out of their mind.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/hellscream/Lilboomy
If you look at my gloves, wrists, back, belt, and boots the amount of secondary stats they have is so much higher than almost every other gear. That is a new thing with the scaling world. Like my gloves I got from a random quest in wetlands. Same thing with the back and the wrists. Random quests in feralas and hinterlands. Finding stuff like that is so interesting and can raise the potentail power of your twink. The gem gear is very good and important to get, but I truly think you should only be equipping the heirloom neck at this bracket.