https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/11/17964918/world-of-warcraft-azerite-traits-tides-of-vengeance-patch

In this week’s World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Q&A, game director Ion Hazzikostas spoke about how the upcoming Tides of Vengeance patch will handle older Azerite traits. While the development team had originally stated that it would not be retiring old traits, Hazzikostas announced that there has been a shift in philosophy.

About halfway through the Q&A, a viewer said they were concerned about how few and far between the new, more interesting Azerite traits will be when simply thrown into the existing pool. Hazzikostas delved into why the team has decided to replace existing traits, as well as the kind of traits that players should expect to go away.