The other aspect of this is the relative abundance of players via cross-realm group making. If we were all server-locked and forced to spam in /2 to make our groups… we wouldn’t care that much about it. But since at the touch of a button I can get 20-30 dps to sign up… why wouldn’t I select the one with the “correct” choice.
Just like how people nowadays wait for high ilvl and high IO players to queue up. I don’t doubt that this’ll be another knob by which players evaluate their candidates.
It really will all come down to how impactful these abilities are in the long run. If they’re like races, then Ion is right… very few people screen players based on chosen race. If they’re like essences… then ya… I absolutely expect people to be screened on these.