Shadowlands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""We have to be very vocal as early as possible."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""We have to be very vocal as early as possible."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg?resize=768,431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Max Miceli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@maxonlax\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Max Miceli\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Max Miceli\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f\"},\"headline\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hide From Homepage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Streaming\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\",\"name\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"caption\":\"Image via Blizzard Entertainment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f\",\"name\":\"Max Miceli\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/35d44703ca0b57da0d6fd155fcd86252\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Max Miceli\"},\"description\":\"Senior Staff Writer. Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxonlax\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/maxmiceli\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","og_description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":431,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg?resize=768,431","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Max Miceli","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@maxonlax","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Max Miceli","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"},"author":{"name":"Max Miceli","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f"},"headline":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","datePublished":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"},"wordCount":453,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","keywords":["Hide From Homepage"],"articleSection":["Streaming"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","name":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","width":1024,"height":575,"caption":"Image via Blizzard Entertainment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f","name":"Max Miceli","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/35d44703ca0b57da0d6fd155fcd86252","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg","caption":"Max Miceli"},"description":"Senior Staff Writer. Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/maxonlax"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/maxmiceli"}]}},"raw_content":"Asmongold has made it clear after his return from hiatus that he intends on using his influence as Twitch\u2019s most popular World of Warcraft streamer to make the game\u2019s next expansion, Shadowlands, better than the current game. While talking to his large viewership base, he\u2019s been vocal about how he plans to be openly critical of any features of Shadowlands during alpha testing that he believes could be harmful to the health of the game. After Blizzard released some tentative plans for one of the expansion\u2019s primary features \u201cCovenants,\u201d Asmon was quick to point out some flaws in the system that he firmly asserts aren\u2019t going to be good for players. \u201cWe have to be very vocal as early as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a bad decision. It will lead to bad outcomes and there\u2019s no way to fix it except for scrapping the entire thing and redesigning the way that players obtain the abilities and the availability of the abilities. If they don\u2019t do that, it\u2019s going to suck.\u201d So far, Blizzard\u2019s plans for the covenant system have leaned toward making it so that players will have to decide early on in the expansion which of the four covenants they want to be in. Each of them gives players and classes access to special abilities that are unique to each covenant. While the alpha for the game still hasn\u2019t been released, the way that Asmon interprets Blizzard\u2019s intentions is that players will have a difficult time switching between covenants. This could make a player\u2019s early decision potentially costly to them later in their gameplay if they don\u2019t choose the covenant that maximizes their character for the endgame content they plan on playing. The system, in essence, could penalize players who choose to switch the content they want to play or hurt a player if nerfs or buffs come to certain covenant specific abilities. \u201cYou know they\u2019re going to rebalance these, so what happens when you pick the best one and then another one becomes the best one?\u201d Asmon said. \u201cPeople are going to get pissed.\u201d Asmon wasn\u2019t exclusively critical without giving ideas to solve this issue, though. In a Twitter post, Asmon noted that instead of tying abilities to covenants that aren\u2019t easily changeable, Blizzard could give players an extra row of talents, which are easily changed in the current game. Giving players that level of flexibility would make it so that they aren\u2019t being permanently punished for choosing an option that maybe wasn\u2019t the most powerful.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=241311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Shadowlands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""We have to be very vocal as early as possible."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""We have to be very vocal as early as possible."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg?resize=768,431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Max Miceli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@maxonlax\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Max Miceli\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Max Miceli\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f\"},\"headline\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hide From Homepage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Streaming\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\",\"name\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"caption\":\"Image via Blizzard Entertainment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f\",\"name\":\"Max Miceli\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/35d44703ca0b57da0d6fd155fcd86252\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Max Miceli\"},\"description\":\"Senior Staff Writer. Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxonlax\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/maxmiceli\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","og_description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":431,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg?resize=768,431","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Max Miceli","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@maxonlax","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Max Miceli","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"},"author":{"name":"Max Miceli","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f"},"headline":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","datePublished":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"},"wordCount":453,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","keywords":["Hide From Homepage"],"articleSection":["Streaming"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands","name":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-07T14:58:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T14:58:12+00:00","description":"\"We have to be very vocal as early as possible.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","width":1024,"height":575,"caption":"Image via Blizzard Entertainment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/streaming\/news\/asmongold-criticizes-new-covenant-system-planned-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Asmongold criticizes new \u201cCovenant\u201d system planned for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c69a0d1b8fa023cc3abc84fc8c3a685f","name":"Max Miceli","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/35d44703ca0b57da0d6fd155fcd86252","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/21113932\/Cropped-Headshot.jpeg","caption":"Max Miceli"},"description":"Senior Staff Writer. Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/maxonlax"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/maxmiceli"}]}},"raw_content":"Asmongold has made it clear after his return from hiatus that he intends on using his influence as Twitch\u2019s most popular World of Warcraft streamer to make the game\u2019s next expansion, Shadowlands, better than the current game. While talking to his large viewership base, he\u2019s been vocal about how he plans to be openly critical of any features of Shadowlands during alpha testing that he believes could be harmful to the health of the game. After Blizzard released some tentative plans for one of the expansion\u2019s primary features \u201cCovenants,\u201d Asmon was quick to point out some flaws in the system that he firmly asserts aren\u2019t going to be good for players. \u201cWe have to be very vocal as early as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a bad decision. It will lead to bad outcomes and there\u2019s no way to fix it except for scrapping the entire thing and redesigning the way that players obtain the abilities and the availability of the abilities. If they don\u2019t do that, it\u2019s going to suck.\u201d So far, Blizzard\u2019s plans for the covenant system have leaned toward making it so that players will have to decide early on in the expansion which of the four covenants they want to be in. Each of them gives players and classes access to special abilities that are unique to each covenant. While the alpha for the game still hasn\u2019t been released, the way that Asmon interprets Blizzard\u2019s intentions is that players will have a difficult time switching between covenants. This could make a player\u2019s early decision potentially costly to them later in their gameplay if they don\u2019t choose the covenant that maximizes their character for the endgame content they plan on playing. The system, in essence, could penalize players who choose to switch the content they want to play or hurt a player if nerfs or buffs come to certain covenant specific abilities. \u201cYou know they\u2019re going to rebalance these, so what happens when you pick the best one and then another one becomes the best one?\u201d Asmon said. \u201cPeople are going to get pissed.\u201d Asmon wasn\u2019t exclusively critical without giving ideas to solve this issue, though. In a Twitter post, Asmon noted that instead of tying abilities to covenants that aren\u2019t easily changeable, Blizzard could give players an extra row of talents, which are easily changed in the current game. Giving players that level of flexibility would make it so that they aren\u2019t being permanently punished for choosing an option that maybe wasn\u2019t the most powerful.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01110652\/wow-shadowlands-stormwind-image-1024x575.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=241311"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=241311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Rokurou

Asmongold has made it clear after his return from hiatus that he intends on using his influence as Twitch\u2019s most popular World of Warcraft<\/em> streamer to make the game\u2019s next expansion, Shadowlands<\/em>, better than the current game.<\/p>

While talking to his large viewership base, he\u2019s been vocal about how he plans to be openly critical of any features of Shadowlands<\/em> during alpha testing that he believes could be harmful to the health of the game.<\/p>

After Blizzard released some tentative plans for one of the expansion\u2019s primary features \u201cCovenants,\u201d Asmon was quick to point out some flaws in the system that he firmly asserts aren\u2019t going to be good for players.<\/p>

https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/ConsiderateOnerousReubenHoneyBadger <\/div><\/figure>

\u201cWe have to be very vocal as early as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a bad decision. It will lead to bad outcomes and there\u2019s no way to fix it except for scrapping the entire thing and redesigning the way that players obtain the abilities and the availability of the abilities. If they don\u2019t do that, it\u2019s going to suck.\u201d<\/p>

So far, Blizzard\u2019s plans for the covenant system have leaned toward making it so that players will have to decide early on in the expansion which of the four covenants they want to be in. Each of them gives players and classes access to special abilities that are unique to each covenant.<\/p>

While the alpha for the game still hasn\u2019t been released, the way that Asmon interprets Blizzard\u2019s intentions is that players will have a difficult time switching between covenants. This could make a player\u2019s early decision potentially costly to them later in their gameplay if they don\u2019t choose the covenant that maximizes their character for the endgame content they plan on playing.<\/p>

The system, in essence, could penalize players who choose to switch the content they want to play or hurt a player if nerfs or buffs come to certain covenant specific abilities.<\/p>

\u201cYou know they\u2019re going to rebalance these, so what happens when you pick the best one and then another one becomes the best one?\u201d Asmon said. \u201cPeople are going to get pissed.\u201d<\/p>

Asmon wasn\u2019t exclusively critical without giving ideas to solve this issue, though. In a Twitter post<\/a>, Asmon noted that instead of tying abilities to covenants that aren\u2019t easily changeable, Blizzard could give players an extra row of talents, which are easily changed in the current game.<\/p>

Giving players that level of flexibility would make it so that they aren\u2019t being permanently punished for choosing an option that maybe wasn\u2019t the most powerful.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"