“Claim a Covenant’s Power: Players will be called upon to forge a bond with one of four Covenants that rule Shadowlands’ new zones, setting the tone for their journey through the expansion with a full Covenant Campaign. As they level up, they’ll get new abilities based on their choice, including class-specific abilities for each Covenant—as well as developing Soulbinds with specific Covenant members, which grant them access to that character’s specific traits and bonuses.”
This is raising a lot of red flags. What sounds like a cool feature could be ruined as certain classes and specs might feel forced into certain covenants. Even worse if abilities from one gets nerfed and suddenly another covenant becomes the go-to. This could really punish players who want to make interesting choices.
Still need to learn more, but I encourage people to carefully monitor this and give feedback once we know more. Especially during Beta.