Boomkin Gearing

So i'm thinking of changing my secondary spec to Boomkin. Though I'm also considering Kitty since I already have SOME gear for feral bear, that applies to cat.

Mainly I just never tank, I'm never going to tank, and honestly I probably shouldn't tank. I find that my mind and reaction times are starting to slow down. I'm probably just overtired, but the life of a tank is pretty hectic and you need to be mobile and it just isn't appealing to me anymore.

So healing as main spec. I'm ok with that even though my performance definitely isn't what it used to be....

But I'm thinking boomkin for secondary. I don't know why that over cat. i think melee I've always had a problem with doing dps. Again you're moving, and you're up there, and blah blah blah. Ranged is more comfortable. Yeah you have to get out of the fire, but you're zoomed back more, can see better, etc. Screens these days are so fucking cluttered. Makes me crazy.

So I'm looking at gear. There seems to be SOME gear for boomkins, like the set pieces, but otherwise.... it looks to be pretty much the same as Resto gear. Is that the case? I mean could I just make a boomkin spec and actually do decent dps in my resto gear? That doesn't seem right to me. Or is it?

If so... buckle up...