wow Player Has 2 Covenants at Once, Including All 4 Abilities

[Starym 3,779]

 

 

Well this happened significantly faster than expected! Many players have been complaining about Covenant switching, even before Shadowlands went live, and there was plenty of speculation about how/if Blizzard would fix it. It turned out they stuck to their guns and kept the system restrictive for switching, and had quite a lot of fallout from the decision, as the switching part was very bugged at launch. Well, it seems it's still bugged now, but this time in an awesome way!

Angelicus07 was a victim/winner of a very specific Covenant swapping bug which happened after a crash, as he actually got to keep his old powers (both signature and class abilities) and gained the new ones - meaning he has all 4 from Necrolords and Venthyr!

Unfortunately for Angelicus07, he's not really having the fun you'd imagine, as the bug also broke his progression in his new Covenant:

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Upon completion of the quest required to switch covenant (I am returning to Necrolord which I had previously abandoned therefore I had to do the 2 lockouts quest), it prompted me that I was indeed back into the Necrolord covenant. Game then suddenly crashed. Logged back in and in effect I still am Venthyr. I can roam in their sanctum and I can complete their quests but I additionally have access to both Necrolord abilities.

I did open a ticket this morning. 12 hours later and no response whatsoever. Really hoping this gets resolved soon. It straight up broke on me.
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I’m not enjoying this at all ;/ I’m stuck in limbo, can’t progress my covenant.

It's actually a very interesting bug in general, as it might just be one of those random things, but it also might indicate potential plans for the future of the expansion. Could we actually be getting more than 1 Covenant later down the line? It would actually make a lot of sense lore and story-wise, as we'll need all we can get to defeat the Jailer, and inter-Covenant cooperation is a big part of the individual Covenant campaigns.

Now whether that is actually likely is tricky to say, as balancing even one set of abilities will be a challenge, let alone two. It certainly would be a very cool thing to do to ramp up player power later on in the expansion, similar to how we got Essences and Corrupted items in BfA, but in a more organic way.

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[durdyenglish 298]

i can barely integrate my one covenant ability into my rotation lol

[Aernath 173]

1 hour ago, durdyenglish said:

i can barely integrate my one covenant ability into my rotation lol

Same here, every extra button becomes an ordeal 😛 

[Luname 21]

9 hours ago, durdyenglish said:

i can barely integrate my one covenant ability into my rotation lol

 

7 hours ago, Aernath said:

Same here, every extra button becomes an ordeal 😛 

At least with Mage Night Fae it feels natural except i have to stand much closer than I'd like to for certain fights

[Valhalen 1,484]

20 hours ago, Aernath said:

Same here, every extra button becomes an ordeal 😛 

That's why I play Druid. Convoke the Spirits just does 12 spells in one cooldown for me. 😛