I can adapt to a change and not like it. It’s really not complicated.
If you look at my gear, you’ll notice that I’m wearing Azerite Gear, have Essences equipped and all my gear is Corrupted. I’ve adapted to BFA’s systems, yet I’ve been vocally critical of them, because I didn’t think they were good for the game.
Especially not in their initial iteration.
“You can put a lot of attempts into something and learn it, therefore it isn’t hard”, is a hella spicy take.
THEY GIVE US ACCESS TO THE ABILITIES WHILE LEVELING.
Dwarf players only like Dwarves because of Stoneform and 2% Crit Amp is almost as spicy a take as “Dark Souls isnt hard because you can put 100 attempts into a boss”.
I’m sorry, I’m just laughing at the notion that it’s somehow immersion breaking to not tie a power that you were already given to a choice that you’re forced to make for no other reason than “why not?”
Because it totally makes sense when you’re saving the world to decide 3 of the 4 places don’t deserve your attention. It’s not like we’re freeing souls who don’t belong in the maw. Nah, we shouldn’t send them to where they’re SUPPOSED to go. Nah, we send them to the place that holds the best parties, because to hell with the other people.
Yeah, super realistic world, I’m so glad that Blizzard is making this push for such “meaningful” choices.
It’s well known that after you leave Bastion to start questing in whatever the next zone is, you must report to Big Mommy Angel to have your smooth brain scrubbed clean of the covenant ability you were just for sure using and know how to use.
This is only true of LFD and LFR. M+ and actual raiding still requires communication and basic social skills, my dude.
Here is the thing, the only reason most players don’t like it is because of Group Finder. That is it. They know the community will weaponize it, and make perfect groups base off what one you join.
What are you basing that off of, though? You can’t speak for everyone or most players, you can only speak for yourself, just like I can only speak for myself. And for me, my dislike of this system has exactly nothing to do with what group finder will or won’t do.
I mean, I had to grind out all the ARs that I wanted, doesn’t mean I think people who are playing in SLs should haveto go back and quest through Argus to get Lightforge Draenei, my dude.
I think they are going to make it less social with the lock in.
All these people thinking that the lock in will force people to pick them even if they make a bad game play choice are going to be in for one big reality check.
The 1% won’t be the problem they have their set groups and are making multiple toons for content .
It’s going to be the pug groups that are going to deny them unless they form their own pugs
I’m not saying what I said is a fact. I’m just going to assume it is that, because I see on mmo champ, and this timbaeslice guy made a thread saying you won’t get picked for pugs based off what cov you pick. To future prove my point about how the community is just sad. And many people saying that if they pick the wrong ones, that they want Raider IO to help them find people with it.
That is a very likely consequence of the covenant system as it is, yes. It is entirely likely that people will be excluded either because they chose a sub-optimal covenant for their class/spec, or the group needs a specific covenant to get the, frankly, stupid buffs in any of the dungeons. I don’t think it’s a stretch to assume this will happen.
Love the elaboration from team “this makes sense in the story”.
“MMO’s always change and I don’t want new”, says the guy asking for a completely new type of system.
So why do you use that as a supporting point for them?
Honestly, I think it’s going to be a net neutral change. I’m not going to care who a pug is because of their covenant, any more than I would care about them as a person because of their azerite traits.
It’ll be a decision that factors into whether I play with them or not, but it’s not going to be a “WOW WE BOTH PICKED NECRO AS WARLOCKS, WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON”, type scenario.
Primarily I’ll play with the people I already play with. Friends or guildies.
