Why? I play 40 hours a week in the early season, I should be 3x as geared as someone who plays 8. The fact that they can catch me at all is a testament to blizzards tilting the game in their favor.
I mean it’s not really that controversial. I think most of us agree that if raid gear had Benthic properties that only worked in the raid, most players would be happier. If raiders stopped getting 457 loot and you got a “Benthic Sword” that gave it a special proc that only worked in the raid but was otherwise an ordinary 447, or the trinkets were much more tame but had double the power in raid, I don’t think any M+ player would be mad.
Just keep that stuff away from PvP/M+/Other Content.
Generally, the players doing M+ are more skilled overall, quicker to adapt on the fly to mistakes, and just more aware of the mechanics of whatever you’re killing IME