Since the release of Alpha I have seen many threads, videos and streamers bashing at the Covenant system and how it restricts players from having basically everything that they want.
In my opinion a choice is meaningful only when you actually sacrifice something because you want something else more. People base their concept of "optimal" depending on what kind of content of the game they like digesting the most. At the end of the day this is what makes people feel unique and proud or even regretful of their decisions. Having a clear winner or being able to change what you chose to fit your needs every time, transforms the concept of choice into simple diligence and preparation.
Is it really a bad thing if you are forced to choose between a great raid ability and a pvp ability, a mythic+ ability and your ideal aesthetics? Doesn't it just mean that you simply value one thing over another? Isn't that what actually makes it a true RPG choice? Isn't that the thing that will make you feel this sense of accomplishment against your peers that chose differently based on their own needs and wants?
I totally understand why people are so sensitive about this. We are all scared when provided with a meaningful choice, both in a game and irl, that we will be judged based on that or that we will be negatively affected in some way. But I would like to urge you to think about something. If there are no negative consequences whatsoever for the choices you make and if you can always pick the optimal path or the one of least resistance, then what's the point of choosing in the first place?
Anyway, I wasn't trying to be philosophical here or anything. All I am saying is that if you want to actually have a choice in the game, you also have to accept that you will not have it all or that you will not be the best at everything. If you don't want that, that's also understandable but I think there are game genres out there that would cater more for such people than a mmorpg that supposedly WoW is.
I am not trying to trigger anybody here. This is just my opinion.