Not sure what direction to go with this but I was on my level 80 twink, leveling herbalism, got to 525 had to go to Pandaria to level more.
I got to Jade Forest, without any quests done (i got a mage to port me, and had a friend fly me to the starting area for Horde)
These pictures pretty much explain it:
https://i.imgur.com/nr4zt.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xylKV.jpg
The mobs in that area don't bother me, even though i'm level 80 and they're not engaged in combat.
Now if you say "working as intended", no. You must realize that coming here with the first few quests done at level 85, this area is agro'd often.
Hopefully this can lead to more things. Thanks for reading!