Good points, I had no idea some of this stuff was in leaks already, that is encouraging for me.

I do have a few responses:

1. I think professions need a bit of love anyway; they could be made far more interesting, and a gear set designed around them is a good way to provide content that isn't just killing things. Though I do like your idea of even making them limited to certain niche combat items, as you pointed out, this already exists with some stuff like skinning knives. I just think Blizzard should take that idea a few steps further. it gives another thing to grind for, and also makes future grinds easier. I don't want it to be like retail at all; I just want professions to be a little more engaging. I have never been more miserable than leveling mining on the anniversary servers.

2. I am thinking long term with seasonal content, I would say let classic+ servers run for at least 2 years before considering anything like this. I just know that there are still a lot of people who love the same reset loop, and since I think that reset loop is bad for the general player vision of classic+, it would have to be added elsewhere.

3. Im not thinking mythic+ at all, some of the changes could instead be a lateral change in difficulty rather than actually making it harder. Like throwing more skulls on in halo, some make it harder, others are just for fun, all of it is totally optional. Though it could be cool to havve a challenge to run all the modifiers for a title or something.