If people in the game want to have any hope of progressing through the content such as raids, the main content Blizzard ever cares about, they will follow whatever the meta is or bis.
Blizzard were made aware of the concerns about the covenant abilities and we were told to, “trust them, it will be relatively balanced.” Oh look at that. They werent. Anyone still believing they have any intentions or capabilities of balancing the game remotely after corrupted gear… In sorry, are just plain naive.
There is no meaningful choice with the covenants. Telling your players to choose between cosmetics or the best abilities for their class is not acceptable, nor meaningful. Its giving them no real choice at all.