We were promised things that would "Change how you play your class", but I don't see that being the case at all.
Giving back old abilities that 99% of the time you will never use is not an expansion feature. Paladin aura's aren't a game changing thing, its not REALLY going to make a difference having an extra 1200 armour; and this is how almost all the abiltiies they gave back feel. I know people didn't like ability pruning, but the fact is these abilities are so niche and largely unimpactful that they're ignorable.
None of this changes how a class plays or feels.
The covenant abilities are underwhelming and uninspired. The covenant specific ones are pretty lackluster and for the most part don't even have an in-combat use.
The class specific abilities are moderate cooldown abilities that mostly provide passive bonuses that are largely uninteresting.
None of this makes me feel like my class or spec is going to feel different or more interesting to play. None of it really gets me excited to play the same classes or specs again.
What is supposed to be enticing me to want to play Shadowlands? The covenants aren't doing it.