Is the ilvl gap between AOTC/M+ players and CE players too large this season? Will this affect M+ title hopefuls?
With the last 2 bosses in Venomous Abyss and Kith'ix dropping 344 ilvl. The gap will be fairly large. Is the 0.1% M+ title even going to be achievable if you are not a CE raider?
From what I can tell, with Ascendant Venomstones in 12.1.5, AOTC/M+ only players will only be able to get to around 335.4 ilvl with no Mythic raiding.
- (2h STR spec)(4 slots @ 341, 9 slots @ 334, 2 crafts @ 331) = 335.4
If Mythic Kith'ix can be pugged like Rotmire was this brings it to 336.5 ilvl if the trinket and weapon are used.
(2h STR spec)(3 slots @ 344, 2 slots @ 341, 8 slots @ 334, 2 crafts @ 331) = 336.5
Meanwhile CE players will be able to get to around 339.6 338.9 ilvl.
(2h STR spec)(9 slots @ 344, 4 slots @ 334, 2 crafts @ 331) = 339.6- (2h STR spec)(8 slots @ 344, 5 slots @ 334, 2 crafts @ 331) = 338.9
A 3.1-4.2 3.5 ilvl gap seems quite significant, or am I missing something? Last season there was only a 1-1.5 ilvl gap IIRC.
As a side note, this season seems miserable for competitive alts. Since bonus rolls are limited to once per boss per week and a lot of the BiS loot for many specs comes from the last 2 bosses of the raid.
Edit : Corrections made due to Kith'ix not dropping 344