We already have that, it’s called LFR.
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I’ll be choosing Ardenweald because I love the aesthetic. The abilities help, but life is too short for me to choose a covenant based on what is “meta” rather than what I love.
I’m paying for this game. May as well do what makes me happy.
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If it’s a matter of a couple of dps points I’m going to go for the covenant I like.
I’ll be choosing whatever seems fun to me. Of course viability is also factored in.
I’m a little stuck. My character here is an Engineer, and none of the Covenants really fit that type. It’s either holy group, military group, forest group, or vampire group.
I’m thinking though I might end up going Necrolords, just cause they deal in constructs and my Engineer (RP wise) deals in technological constructs. So they might share a bond, sort of.
The one time I feel like there isn’t really a place for my character lol.
I will most likely go with the fun factor. I’m pretty confident we will see a number of buffs/nerfs to the different abilities in the first month or so and I don’t want to choose a Covenant for its ability only for Blizzard to nerf it to the ground a few weeks later.
Nice meme.
I’m going to choose a covenant based on my questing experience through the respective covenant’s hub. The covenant’s ideals, aesthetics, and story line are what’s most important to me. The abilities are icing on the cake, and won’t be a major element for my choice; also considering how multiple cycles of balance changes are foreshadowed for some of the stronger covenant abilities.
I’m not concerned with what an “esportz” or mythic+ pro or some website’s opinion on covenants. Most of those people are toxic unsociable people in the reality of things and I simply don’t have the patience or time to deal with them.
I will be going night fae with this character with my wife, even though it is the worst one I can pick, from what I read so far, hope it changes. The rest of my Characters will pick whatever Icy veins or whatever website says it best for them. This character will be bad the whole expansion and will only play it when my wife can play.
To me the look is more important, however I will switch if the other covenant ability is clearly stronger.
But you have deluded yourself into thinking metas only benefit world first
Is it impossible that people also min/max for fun? Or is your definition of fun the only one?
If it releases as is: gameplay is the most important aspect.
I really want to get invested into the covenant of my choice, engage in the story, the mogs, the rp, etc. However, if I’m not enjoying the gameplay, that will hurt me way more than missing out some mogs will.
So I look at it this way. We’ll be doing this for two years. Once 10.0 hits, we’ll never think about being a Necrolord ever again. So now, I just don’t care about the covenants themselves. I have to do this in order to make the choice sting as little as possible.
I will not be looking at, oh my warriors personal story and character would go really good with the Kyrian, I’ll work hard for their goodies and everything. Covenants are simply going to be a way to advance my player power.
In a sad way, it will make shadowlands easier for me. Since I won’t have any connection or interest in the covenants of my choice, I will be saving time by not worrying about unlocking the mogs, or mounts, or advancing their story unless more character power is tied to that said progression. It will give me more time to focus on the advancement of my character.
I wish this wasn’t the case, but it is. I’ve accepted it as it is, but I still hope Blizz opens their eyes and let’s us actually have the freedom we should.
On my main I will be picking the best but on my alts, I’ll be going with what fits them thematically.
Venthyr is flat out busted if the spells are even remotely close dps wise I will be stuck going vamp boys so will most raiders.
I’m REALLY torn between how amazing and beautiful Bastion is and how much I love the Venthyr for my Hunter. It’s going to come down to the wire what I pick. But whatever my Hunter is, my Shaman will choose the other. Don’t care much for Maldraxxus or Ardenweald but I’ll likely play those eventually on alts 
Fun for sure, to hell with meta players.
Fun / story. Right now I am planning on making a new Blood Elf DK (based on Ban from 7 deadly sins) and leveling him after the pre-patch.
New starting zone (I don’t think DKs do that though) to Wrath leveling to Shadowlands.
Since Bon had an attachment to an elf girl that gave him immortality and he went back and regrew their forest with his blood, I was gonna have my DK go Night Fae (and I think growing food, like MoP, would be more fun than tea party stuff)
And both will be able to do all content but endless mythic 25+
So the question is pointless.
The real question is why people take casual games soo serious to the point they want people that disagrees with them to literally suffer.
Trying to find out if i need 4 or 16 toons to collect all the covenant appearances, if it’s 16 i need to finish leveling my gnome DK for a 4th plate toon.
I’ll be alotting my toons to covenants on whichever race / tmog combo looks best and then playing the expansion hoping for the day when they get unlocked to be used across all my alts regardless of their covenant (be it next expansion or two expansions later as they seem to be doing with the artifact weapon appearance per spec -> class unlock)