Why Is This So Good? - Night Fae Covenant

[@ibelieveyousuck]

Preach.. Maining a Hunter.. Considering Night Fae.. 2020 sure is weird

[@Crenshaw41]

your profile pic is preache's face when he clicks "sign me up for the nightfae" in a few months

[@zorgar]

Indeed as the main ability dose not work with pets or dot ticks and hunters dont need mobility so unless the garden and or the soul binds are really OP most likely the go to hunter one will be necro chakram go brrrrrrrrr

[@alexfromsolitude]

the furry circle closes

[@sebastianwilczynski86]

Next week, he will anouce that his hunter will be Vulpera.

[@cyberspaceufo]

Don't forget the hair transplant! 2021 we'll have a new Preacher in town.

[@Haunsa1]

this is where u see a man die on the inside.

[@FGazi-qf1hp]

Lmao thanks you made my day.

[@Trainstationgr]

the pure desperation in his eyes.

[@Celebronora]

Absolutely spot on lmao

[@FGazi-qf1hp]

@@scottgerloffs6148 my thoughts exactly. Problem is I already preordered and really want to try Shadowlands. I mean remember when everyone shitted on Legion reveal? Wow everyone gets a Ashbringer, people were pissed but the expansion was really enjoyable. Lets just wait and see, but if it fails I think I'm going to stop playing the game. Just can't take the disappointment any more.

[@rafotrarran6888]

@@scottgerloffs6148 I mean the problem is that he likes everything he's seeing in night fae, rather than that he wants to quit

[@Gabriel-it5jy]

leave it to mushrooms to take you to a place you've never been before...

[@BlackPenzo]

I actually laughed out loud

[@wyrmtung8700]

Mate

[@fade69]

should be top comment

[@Zeigler_]

I had that thought when he mentioned that

[@sergiovergaramontemiranda2116]

Smoke Ardenweld every day (tu turu tu turutu)

[@shhfiftyfive]

"never bm hunter" "never night fae" 2020: happens

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

What was his reason for saying never night fae btw?

[@SirBenthr]

All I heard from this was 12 minutes of Preach trying to rationalize the fact that he really wants to be a cute little furry hippie. We all know it's true my dood.

[@ismount]

Well, well, well. How the turntables.

[@sleazysid253]

Ricky approves this message.

[@trailerparkboysbestshow3327]

2 birds stoned at once

[@sleazysid253]

@@trailerparkboysbestshow3327 Doesn't take rocket appliances.

[@Bradleyarnup83840]

Hey what's updog.. God dammit...

[@eldritch2631]

@@Bradleyarnup83840 Seek out Jesus, call upon him and be saved before it's too late.

[@houseofgrimmskull2041]

Blizzard: Folks, most Death Knights aren't going to want to be fairies. Buff the fairies until they feel they have no other option Death Knights: (begrudgingly) Owooo..

[@blech71]

I can imagine some big huge wildly manly DK saying in discord, “sorry guys can’t do PVP, I gotta tend to my garden”. Which I AINT hating

[@Draethar]

I thought he was gonna be a Night Fae Vulpera Frost Death Knight and quit PvE for PvP?

[@ryantwomey3463]

Yesssssssssss lol

[@CyclopsToppingWolverine]

I can imagine mike waking up sweating from a dream where his guild forced him to play this

[@defmore5099]

wait thats me. still sticking with pve tho lol

[@Frostingale]

what happened with this?

[@Draethar]

@@Frostingale He isn't actually but be does say some things and go back on them so this is worst case scenario. Basically he said he hated Hunter and he hated Night Fae and no he wants to main it so I basically made a scenario based off everything he said he hated in my comment.

[@piffling2238]

I can't wait for Preach to become a fearie with us.

[@nickmessner700]

Also a point in the Night Fae's favor: The Winter Queen looks amazing. The antler things on her head are such a striking set piece.

[@Mordarim]

Preach is trading in his soul and enjoyment in for power and might, the sithlord of the wow world

[@sergiovergaramontemiranda2116]

Unlimited powahh!!!!

[@cloudstrife2131]

Nightfae is the Hufflepuff of covenants

[@joellopez8662]

Night Fae won me over with that cinematic. Absolutely heartbreaking!

[@Spronkz]

I play a DK so imagine my surprise when I saw a spreadsheet telling me that Night Fae is BiS for all 3 DK specs..... UwU I guess.

[@TheOGKingD]

I havent found anything yet to show which conv is the best for DK. Is your source saying this it the best?

[@alexjordan3830]

@@TheOGKingD I can confirm that as of writing this, night fae is bis for all forms of PvE content for all 3 specs.

[@TheOGKingD]

@@alexjordan3830 Thank you for your reply. Goddamn... Do we sacrifice damage for aesthetic and feel or nah... What a question to have to ask.

[@TheOGKingD]

@Grimnir Hope that is true, and at least something that is closer in damage. I would hate to have to pick something like NF (right now) purely because they are head and shoulders above all the others in damage.

[@matthewsignor3841]

As long as you don’t care about arena

[@ertrilpitcher95]

Preach: "ill never be a night fae" blizzard: " hold my beer"

[@Sasukejepansef]

I really hope, my god how I HOPE for some heavy balancing for Night Fae because its BIS for all DK specs and I really dont want to play as Faerie death knight.

[@Rethmaa]

Same. Transmog set is trash,zone not matching for us,soulshape hot garbage. But thats why its that OP because a very few ppl would choose them.

[@skeetzneph870]

saaaame

[@Toni_Pizza]

Honestly, the Night Far signature ability is so good for DK, the DK ability would have to be garbage to not be a good pick.

[@MakoTrevelyan]

But the Night Fae title is Winter's Envoy. Perfect for DK.

[@Pyroning]

Well I hope they don't, I really want night fae for my death knight

[@SteelfurSpeaks]

Come preach. Welcome to our furry tree hugging embrace

[@Pwkoizoie]

I thought people called it the "fairy" covenant. Why furry ? Because of the fox form ?

[@SteelfurSpeaks]

Jeff Fire yeah pretty much and all the druids . Not being super serious. 😂

[@Girney]

That slight look away from the camera, and the tone of "...Let's take a look...", is just...*chefs kiss* You can literally hear his heart cracking a bit and the unvoiced "...Fuck sakes..." in the air...

[@0Santt]

Someone's been playing Harvest League, huh.

[@krusokat]

worst league they've ever made

[@ryster701]

Was considering coming back to Wow in October, had a face of disgust as i looked at the garden, flashbacks of the last three months ensued.

[@mortenlaursen6354]

My thoughts exactly when Preach mentioned Garden!

[@SyntheticaYT]

krusokat harvest was awesome

[@jakepietrzak7552]

@@krusokat talisman says what

[@cleartoner]

New UI is tight, Preach. Looking forward to it.

[@cleartoner]

scheat9 he releases one usually at top of an expansion.

[@songname3997]

Isnt it default elvui?

[@ArcadeStunfisk]

Pretty sure it’s PreachUI - I use the same one. It uses ElvUI but with some changes to fonts, placement, layout etc custom-made by Preach. If you search “preach BFA UI” on here he has a video guiding you through how to download and set it up - that’s what I used.

[@NightpireVideos]

Dark times, to be a meta spreadsheet slave.

[@Xeirus911]

I'll probably go Night Fae simply because the others seem like they're trying way too hard to be edgy.

[@Snuzzled]

This sucks. You should be able to choose the covenant you want, not the one that you dislike but it's "the best." And I say this as someone who immediately saw night fae at blizzcon and instantly said "That's it. That's me. I don't care about anything else, I know I'm choosing that."

[@dylanfarris7647]

Preach a Night Fae Hunter haha, 2020 really is a cursed year.

[@musicdamar583]

Next thing hes going Vulpera... 😂

[@Xminifreak88X]

You're just in denial, Preach. JOIN US. JOIN US.

[@aaronsalyers2889]

This sums up the whole irritation players are having with Ion choosing to die on this hill about covenants. Players, at least one mains/raiders/M+/pvp ranking toons, are going to pick the best covenant mathematically regardless of how the feel about it.

[@Craul08]

I remember Mike finding the mycealial network and being like 'WTF you can't do that, that's more than a reference that's completely stolen'. Guess they kept it in.

[@Zindriz]

The garden is giving me Path of Exile PTSD

[@TwiztedEU]

Harvest was fucking unreal though, got a few items to keep in standard as a showcase of how busted it was.

[@Ojdaweedmane]

As someone who picked night fae right away this all pleases me.

[@Harldan1]

While I can't speak for the seeds, the catalysts are obtained through the night fae chests unlocked via the anima conductor.

[@GyrotexGaming]

I wonder if there are seeds that grow gear? Like boots. Yep, I'd love me some seed boots please.

[@alyeanna]

Virgin Preach gets smashed by Chad Night Fae's sheer awesomeness

[@gingergamer1764]

The garden looks they've took the idea from path of exiles harvest league. On there you could grow stuff in your garden to spawn bosses / rewards.

[@gingergamer1764]

@IHS your point .

[@gingergamer1764]

@IHS but it wasn't like harvester league. Like this

[@gingergamer1764]

@rick rick has anyone thought blizzard took the idea from a small company named GGG in the early days of them founding a new call. And evil blizzard look at all their plans and thought. I like that.. 🤣

[@Valkaneer]

You have that mixed up, Blizzards stole the corruption system from PoE (corruption might as well be PoE gems), PoE stole the garden system from Blizzard.

[@gingergamer1764]

@@Valkaneer think it's the world we live in now mate. Blizz are at a point where any game comes to the market with a new idea / system. Then they can easily implement and adapt it to world of Warcraft

[@Max.Volume]

I actually like the Night Fae a lot thematicly. It's how I imagine the unseelie fae court of folklore looks like, which I quite like.

[@OakenTome]

I like the Night Fae a lot as well, I just don’t think it fits the themes of very many classes.

[@wtfgaga]

And so starts preach's decent into becoming a furry.

[@davichan9286]

*Mating dance with a big bird?* Sign me up.

[@LoneWolf-52]

Im right there with you Preach...I play Ret pally and even though id like to be Kyrian, the benefits of this covenant are making me sway that direction unfortunately.

[@truefalcon6884]

I'm a lock and want to be necrolord, but the movement options from Nightfae makes me reconsider too.

[@Lunethzero]

Could be a clever ploy from Blizz to force you into Blessing of Seasons to give the mages and rogues more dps

[@EloquentTroll]

Thought the same thing on my priest, but extra utility on heals, "free" mats, and a solid movement ability? If Holy weren't my primary spec I'd be having a different conversation with myself.

[@LoneWolf-52]

Lune I am definitely not giving up the blessings to others. If Im sacrificing my chosen covenant for power then Im gonna use it 😂

[@Lunethzero]

@@LoneWolf-52 Hopefully it works out that way but judging from past experiences, like legion's blessing of might, we usually end up being buff bitches

[@paulbarfoot2566]

With that voice acting, I feel your pain. Definitely not my first choice lol.

[@Pakulia]

"I really don't want to be, though." So much for the immersive RPG element, eh

[@Pwkoizoie]

@The Coward Liberius :joy:

[@nerulon089]

It's pretty said that we are a month away from the expansion and I still can't decide what class should I choose or covenant, because Blizzard changes them every day....

[@DanWright051691]

You had me sold at the ability as a DK, however you then immediately lost me at that mothboy's lines.

[@FantasyPiano317]

Love that vanilla nightelves music in the background! 😁👍🏼

[@recklessone]

Imagine this, we choose a covenant right. But when we enter a dungeon or raid or whatever, we have an option to call an emissary from another covenant. We are able to temporarily bind ourselves to their cause, but we lose favor with each other covenant for as long as we remain "conscipted" to them. They could even make it to where your chosen covenant loses the most. This way we can remain tied to one, but the choice of abilities can be adapted to different situations, albeit at the cost of rep/favor. I feel this could solve all of the issues in a compromising way, what do you guys think?

[@SimonCoulton]

Tinfoil hat mode engaged, Blizz knew no one wanted to play Night Fae, so they gave them the best stuff

[@vicente8107]

Soulshape is now incredibly powerful for Guardian Druid as well. They changed it so that when in Soulshape form you get the same defensive benefits as if you were in bear form if you are on Guardian spec. Considering that Wild Charge is now competing with Renewal in the same talent tier, and the fact that other mobility spells requires us to change into cat form or travel form losing our defense this is insane.

[@Tokensb]

Feels like the devs had a little fun with you, Mike, should've trashed the other covenants to make sure Night Fae don't get buffed xD /Beo

[@Lexing187]

I have a feeling Ardenweald will be one of the most twisted zones. That talking cute butterfly is probably some monster that eats souls. I'm tellin ya, they're sick and twisted, just wait!

[@nikola4107]

Am so glad that you made this meaningful choice!

[@nikola4107]

11:21 wtf ;d

[@Celebronora]

Aw, Preach. Just drink heavily and surrender to the fairies!

[@MrGarryshinde]

I literally cried when the Illidan performer said "You are not,.....ready" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arcamean785]

That's actually good to hear, I've been on the fence as far as covenants go as I'm either going to start off with my hunter (Worgen) or my mage (Void Elf) followed by my Druid (Worgen) as a third. I wanted one of them to be in the Night Fae as their cloth looks amazing, Leather looks decent... not sure about the Chain but maybe it will look different on live. I really hope it's not punishing if I choose a different covenant than my friends or I get passed over because I didn't choose Venthyr and instead went Kyrian or Night Fae.

[@masonverduzco1810]

Im 20 sec in and the utter annoyance on mikes face with what he's about to go over, is the look of a man that questions everything in his life up to this point... lmao

[@SimplyConeh]

As a tank, I'm going all four eventually. Monk is probably gonna be main as Night Fae, DK main alt as Venthyr, Paladin Kyrian and Warrior Necrolord. It seems to line up decently for the content I'm gonna do on the alts (mainly m+ with friends), so I just hope nothing is completely broken...

[@joshy4476]

So i had a theory of why blizz dont want to change the covenant system.. its because by the end of the expansion we will have them all unlocked and be able to switch between them freely. As we go through the story we will need more help so we go get it from a 2nd covenant, then a 3rd, and by the end we will need the help of all the covenants which is when they will all be unified as one. Yes it wont be till the end until we get to use them all freely but it does fit in with the story.. considering we need all of the eternal ones help to defeat the jailer not just 1.

[@littlehellxo]

Yessss more and more people are seeing the light~

[@RDB33]

doesnt want to talk to 'flutterby' proceeds to click her 3 times for the voice lines -Preach, furry, 2020.

[@Knives7777]

0:21 This is what the face of defeat looks like.

[@MisterMayhem108]

I just wish I could have the Necrolord transmog, with the Night Fae abilities. It’s just their aesthetic is so specific to Druids; it feels weird to be a fancy forest magic boi, as any other class.

[@riklaunim]

For my Mistweaver it's either Bastion (sad) or Venthyr. The Bastion guys have Essence Font modifier for M+ and interesting soulbinds plus enchanting mats dropping on Pelagos which could be useful early on. On Venthyr it's summoning randoms that cast heals and 1-2 soulbinds looks nice. And both covenant conduit is "good".

[@doctorowl2004]

And one thing about Soulshape - when you stay in safe-zone - this form is never-ending.

[@lucasberglund2620]

I tried MM with night fae. And I can tell you it's not as bad as people tell you. Ricochet from your Aimed shot and volley works really good with them and the ricochet legendary. Right now on the beta, I think Kyrian is the best one but I think the 5% dmg will be better later on in the expansion. Why people have set them on ''trash'' for hunters right now is that it doesn't proc on all spells.

[@BPN25]

"Pwease give me huggy wuggies uWu". *Pounces on you* "Rawr x3" "whats this OwO" *Notices your bulge* "Whats this?" "Let's have a little looksies"

[@tdmc6428]

So I’m planning to play priest this expansion and now I’m absolutely torn on my covenant. I was originally torn between venthyr due to how the power is really good and fun to me. But maldraxxus felt better for my shadow priest aesthetically but now I’m finding out ysera is back in Ardenweald and given the fact I was really depressed when I watched ysera die I want to do the stuff related to her. Got no idea what to do... power, aesthetic or story

[@Anuon]

Ayyy yes Preach, Night Fae Hunter crew let's goooo

[@RetroWrathX13B]

3:18 awww Ursol is by himself...and always will be.....*sniff*

[@JoeFlamenco]

So the seeds will likely have a small chance of dropping from dungeon bosses. There will probably also be a repeatable quest there too.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

Only now after watching Preach on and off for oh so many years realized he has the most intense blue eyes. :O

[@Facelessify1]

The more I see, hear, read and learn about Ardenweald and the Night Fae, the more I want to pick them. It is what it is, I have accepted my fate.

[@Edveano]

I thought that my self, that I'll never go with fairies... But I will go with them, because movement buff is way too good far retri... o.o P.S. thanks blizzard..

[@drewj557]

I am picking a class that venthyr or necrolords are the best choice

[@L0N3W0LF1337]

Seems like Rogues are really good with Necrolords, but that still might change before release.

[@Toni_Pizza]

This is the exactly what Blizzard didn't want to have happen. Lol.

[@kasken719]

And now this is the world we live in. Were we pick our class based on the covenant we choose. GG blizzard. We did exactly what you didn't want. lol

[@mattdavies0792]

Big chungus fungus

[@dariominiello9934]

7:30 wait isn't this the harvest season mechanic from PoE?

[@brendanef9]

11:32 “I’m also somebody who plays with no sound on” Uhhh wtf

[@ergonamix9977]

Some people, myself included, prefer to have our own music and background noise going on instead of having to listen to the in-game stuff. It's personal preference.

[@BenGally00]

Same here, no game sound for me, just DBM

[@youtubesuresuckscock]

Imagine ignoring a third of a video game and pretending to enjoy that video game.

[@guyinreallife6035]

yeah, i play with low game sound, like 5-10% max volume effects and either watch vids or listen to music. I was listening to my metal playlist through Torghast, it made it PERFECT.

[@akaraven66]

11:56 right here you can see him contemplating his life choices.

[@TheDragonhawkKnights]

That gardening stuff looks a lot like the harvest stuff from path of exile... Plant seeds, put catalysts next to it, give it energy and then harvest your reward...... But I chose Night Fae back when they were announced because the xmog set you get is by far my favorite! It's not gaudy like the bastion with all the gold, or over the top with bat wings everywhere like the vampires, or all scourge like with the necro lords.... I just love the Night Fae!!!!

[@natehighlander5227]

Will someone make a sound mod to change the voices of the night fae NPCs? That would be great and I know it is possible because it has been done for many other things like hunter shot sounds etc...

[@tyler4108]

Preach says he doesn’t care about aesthetics but he cares so much about this lol.

[@acidchild8333]

Thanks for showing the garden! Been very curious about it.

[@cmel7841]

night fae are the ultimate alt covenant, just like the tillers farm and the garrison was. i will have 9 night fae and 1 each of the other ones. hopefully i can get enough mats to steer clear of the AH

[@Shadarfaile]

I feel like I have some of the reverse issues. I wanted to be Night Fae from the outset, but the ability is pretty meh for my class by everything that I've seen, though I hold out that there is more tuning to be done.

[@texasvoodoo5696]

Ardenweald, also known as "WoW and the Blind Forrest." I'm still taking them as a covenant. :)

[@ianblackburn75]

Preach is finally embracing his inner Tumnas. I'm proud of you Preach, I really am.

[@alexandridisf]

If you watch closely at 0:00-12:01 you can see Mike die inside from having to chose this covenant.

[@cbunce2696]

Dont know how many videos with the new xpac where someone says "we don't know whats going on because its not working/finished." really gets my hyped for this xpac like no other!

[@TobiasKremer]

The Covenant activities is yet another thing that makes it a shit idea to lock player in with a Covenant. Now we have to choose between multiple things - do I want the best (how ever you define this) Covenant class ability? - do I want the best (again depends) Covenant signature ability? - do I want the best (as above) Covenant weekly activity? - do I want the best (super subjective) Covenant transmogs?

[@christophersmith7412]

Right. Thematically Bastion fits my Paladin and the class ability will probably be good since I'll probably focus on M+ and not raiding buuuut the transmog is the most garbage thing I've ever seen and I doubt I'll ever bother with it.

[@Pakulia]

I really wanted to go Night Fae for the aestatics, but now it looks like everyone will go for them and I guess I'll go somewhere else, then :(

[@reinier4429]

Brightwing used to be the most terrifying entity in all of WoW, but it looks like Ardenweald will be full of such horrors.

[@thebird62]

We all know he chose Night Fae for our boy! Rest in Peace, Ursoc

[@ValtronHK]

So...if the garden materials are too easy to aquire, there is a chance we end up with a flood of crafting mats similar to what the WoD garrison did, right? I understand that the Night Fae garden isn't finished and will probably be fine, but it still worries me.

[@FallenSun210]

3:00 The Nightfae play quest for your covenant ability is the worst quest. The other covenants get their abilities much faster and this one is so long and dumb.

[@CrazeyHaze]

I wasn't really feeling any of the covenants, but I heard the night fae had MoP farming and nostalgia called to me lol. Sooooooo, night fae warlock for me

[@digitalskill]

Well as a frost dk, I will be going Night Fae, and I'm glad you have good things to say about the covenant

[@Vikingeek]

The downside to planning on being Unholy DK main... they just don't suit going Night Fae, and yet so far it seems Night Fae are going to be the BIS option... Hoping some numbers/sims come out before I hit 60 so I can see how much I'd lose if I went Venthir instead...

[@Eucep]

I suspect that the Night Fae story will move on to the 2nd raid, which I suspect will be the Wild Hunt itself.

[@johnbacon8394]

Never heard mike say "it's kinda cute".... what happened to you :(

[@mellonedhel]

In the end, Tumnus claims us all, old soldier

[@julianolima7215]

I want to play with that one ... but I can't ... because I have to choose the covernant that gives the most DPS or heal. As always, it was and will be... What you can do is choose the class that this one is best for her.

[@mattsidorski4335]

As enh sham main I think im probably going with this covenant. The ability is not the best as it is a channel but it scales with mastery so there is hope. The movement ability is a godsend though as we literally have nothing for gap closers.(feral lunge should be baseline). Tmogs and mounts are also pretty cool so there is that

[@Basih]

I was thinking about playing a death knight in Shadowlands but I'm not sure anymore, I feel forced to take Night Fae for the general power and massive movement boosts.