Yeah, it kinda sucks, that to get gear, u need to do heroics, and to do heroics you need gear...

But, there's always regular lvl 80 dungeons, blue quest rewards, etc that can help here and there.

Add to that that you can que as a single toon and get carried by others. It will really start to pick up quickly once you get your first few 232s and 245s. Hang in there!