Yeah they handed out gear like it was going out of style in the ARR and HW quests. I was level 54 so I just bought the gear ahead of time... but you level so fast.

I have about a sliver of exp before 60th and I was level 57 only a couple days ago. So already all that gear has been outleveled.

You just slingshot through the levels these days, so whatever gear they're handing out now will be obsolete in like a day or two.