Timing a comeback

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Last time I have played around 2011 - seven years ago.

Recently, I was thinking to come back. The game seems to have its issues but otherwise I see it as an opportunity to enjoy myself, as I believe that the experience also depends on the player. Currently, I am thinking to sell off my iPad Pro 10.5 (which I bought at the end of last year to game but all I did is a big month of PUBG gaming at the beginning of this year - since then, it is just collecting the dust) and get a gaming Laptop (750 Euros budget, looking for recommendations Europe-wide).

8.1 (30 days out) brings experience changes. Now my question is what is the best way to time my comeback for the best experience? Outside-wise, I am waiting for the Black Friday (12 days) and if nothing comes up I am likely to order from Amazon.co.uk (although I am not sure if I should wait for December for a better price or next year for Nvidia 2000 series). Then, I am doing an MBA and it has some time requirements, but nothing critical.

My concern is will there be a lot of players starting alts/playing when 8.1 rolls? Is it bad or good for me - more competition (for resources) but also more help (heard that WoW is more antisocial now so seems to be better alone)? So what is better - to start before 8.1, during or after? If I start before will the sudden exp change impact me negatively during the changes (where they need to fine-tune something)?

[Powerogue]

Alts don't take prohibitively long to level now. I'd say just start playing when you want to start playing. If you started now it'd be a decent bet that once you've leveled said alt to the level cap and done most of what you wanted to do with the existing content 8.1 will come out.

[Crudence]

Just start whenever dude. There is not much competition, due sharding and dynamic respawns and such, there is nothing to compete against. More players leveling is a bonus for you. You can now tag a mob someone else is fighting and both get loot and xp. Also lower dungeon queues if more people are playing. My tip is to level a tank or someone who can tank if you like dungeons. Insta queues. If you want questing, just have fun, zones scale now and it is a better experience now than before, although the stat squish in BFA made the numbers a bit weird. You also get a good chunk of xp from bgs, so if you like pvp, you should queue for bgs along the way.