I just recently rerolled, here are my experiences so far:
My old main (Hunter) was Ilvl 896 and I stopped raiding with my team (team fell apart) during Mythic ToV progression.
Went casual/afk for a while and decided to come back about a week ago and roll DH.
Did all of the following in 7 days solo/pugging
-Dinged 110 on Demon Hunter, main spec Havoc (Dps) 2/10/17 (7 days ago)
-My CURRENT Ilvl is 876 with best parsing gear.
-Dropped about 200k~ on BoE's/Crafted/Obliterum the first day.
-Boosted to AK 20 I think from main
-I've run every LFR twice, 2 full clears of EN Normal (Pug), 1 full clear of Heroic EN (Pug), 2 full Karazhan clears (Pug) Groups for ToV seem hard to find, and I want to research a bit more about Nighthold before I commit myself to attempting a full run this week at my ilvl.
-Mythic Dungeons I've only run standard mythic once per, due to the gear quickly becoming irrelevant
-Mythic + I've sadly only been able to find groups mostly from the 2~5 range due to ilvl stigma, but have been 3 chesting 99% of them.
-Noted the obvious more efficient method of tanking most of the early Mythic+s due to ilvl stigma, all of which are pugged.
-Received my first Legendary 4 days in to lvl 100, the blur heal chest
. Dropped from Xavius Heroic, with about 40~ raid bosses under my belt at that point if i had to guess. (LFR/Normals/Heroics.)
-Currently Artifact level 34 with 35 soon.
Comments:
The ilvl Stigma is real, and it's bullshit for the content you're facing at those levels. After applying to dozens and dozens of Heroic ENs at the 865 range I finally got in a full clear. The Heroic EN that I cleared, I was ilvl 867 at the time, and even though I linked Cutting Edge Xavius I was initially declined. After linking the guy Cutting Edge he responds "Sorry we already have a carry
" I was irritated at this time and made the wager "Man, this is old content I've done a million times. I bet you I'll out damage several people in your speed clear group." He invited me whispering "Ok man, just keep your head down." It ended up being a really fun run; most fights I hovered around the 4th/5th, with one with in 2nd place (Cenarius I think) dps spot with a so called "speed clear" guild group. Completely destroyed the leader in damage; doubling or trippling it at times, even though he was about 10~ ilvls higher with 2 legendaries.
I know people like the fast easy runs of 900 ilvl spanking Heroic EN for AP/Legs, but it was never so hard to find a group linking a 7/7 Mythic achievement every time for that run. But the moral of my rant is that that one Heroic EN was amazing for upgrades and pushed me about 8 ilvls. Doing this all solo is a pain in the ass, so if you already have a guild, you should be set.
Oh I also have class 5 days a week with homework that in entails, + gf, dog, friends. Sooooo,.. go for it!