Its removal in the forthcoming patch is indicative of a larger quality-of-life, fan-service effort behind most of the Shadowlands update changes.

The end of Conduit Energy is a concession that “the system simply has not played out the way we hoped it would,” Blizzard community manager Randy Jordan wrote on Friday. The newest patch will allow players to switch Covenants without restriction (including the use of their cosmetic rewards), and will remove the Conduit Energy system, which was effectively a cooldown restriction on swapping special powers, and one that many players didn’t care for.

The 9.1 update was the first big content patch for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands since the expansion launched in November. The 9.1.5 content update closely follows the 9.1 patch, which launched in June, four months after it was first announced.

World of Warcraft ’s Shadowlands update 9.1.5 will roll out in the game’s public test realm this week, bringing with it a raft of player-requested and suggested changes, as well as new efforts to curb toxic behavior and sanction players who don’t get the message.

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