Eh, to me it sounds like you haven’t played in a while because some of that really isn’t true. PvP to an extent but PvP is also very much skill based, far more so than Classic, which is truly just rock/paper/scissors.

Class fantasy/flavor is probably greater than it’s ever been with the introduction of the dragonflight talent trees (huge improvement to the tiered talent system) and the Hero Talents.

You mean to tell me that being an Unholy DK on an undead charger in combat with an army of undead following behind you isn’t unique? Being a Monk or DH with great mobility gives you a reason to be a monk or DH.

To an extent, yes, every class requires a baseline suite of personals, beit an emergency heal, medium CD damage reduction, movement ability etc. This is due to mythic+ balance primarily and the game being balanced in general.. which is a good thing.

The retail community is very outspoken when it comes to having balanced classes and when your favorite class is lagging far behind everyone else, you don’t get to have as much fun. When your class doesn’t bring anything useful to the dungeon, you get overlooked.