One of the most exciting new feautres being added to World of Warcraft in its upcoming Shadowlands expansion is Covenants. Players will be able to join a Covenant of their choosing, with each Covenant offering a unique story, rewards, and even abilities. But players have been stressing out over Shadowlands' Covenants, as Blizzard decided initially that World of Warcraft players wouldn't be able to switch after choosing. However, Blizzard now appears to be reconsidering that choice.
As of the latest World of Warcraft Shadowlands beta update, changing Covenants is incredibly simple and easy. All players have to do in order to join another Covenant is to go and talk to one of another Covenant's ambassadors at a location named the Enclave in the region of Oribos. They'll provide a series of questions, leading to the player dropping their current Covenant and joining the new one.
Blizzard does make sure that players actually want to leave their Covenant, though. It doesn't want anyone leaving accidentally, erasing all of their potential progress in that Covenant's various progression systems. In order to leave a Covenant, players have to click through five separate prompts. The prompts also switch back and forth in size and form, so the player doesn't mindlessly click through think it's a standard NPC conversation.
There is also an option to return to a Covenant, but the quest chain is currently broken so it's unclear exactly how the process works. Wowhead points out that World of Warcraft Senior Game Designer Paul Kubit has previously said rejoining a Covenant would be a challenge, so as to discourage swapping back and forth. Blizzard may still be considering how best to go about this.
It's also still unclear whether or not these changes will be preserved for the final launch of Shadowlands. It seems likely, but Blizzard could always change its mind in the months to come. With the feature now implemented in the beta, it seems very likely to stay, but with Blizzard and World of Warcraft changes can come hard and fast.
Blizzard still has plenty of time to experiment with Covenants, of course. Shadowlands isn't expected to launch until later this year, so the ongoing beta will last quite a while yet. Expect to hear more information regarding how the four Covenants and swapping between them works in the months to come.
World of Warcraft Shadowlands releases fall 2020 on PC.
Source: Wowhead