There's so many problems with your post I don't know where to begin.
1. The OP was scolding people (like you) for being completely blind to the fact that rep grinding is optional. The rest of your post goes on to prove his point. None of the points you cited are mandatory to progress. NONE OF IT.
2. If you can't log in every day, why on God's green earth do you think you should be entitled to "keep up"? MMOs reward time commitments. I can only log on for any relevant amount of time during the weekends, and so yes, that means I get behind. That's the way it should be. And guess what? I'm barely behind. I've revered with all 3 main factions and have met my valor cap every week. No, I couldn't do that with alts. And good. Again, why have so many alts if you have so little time? That sounds more like a personal problem than a problem with Blizzard. Alts by definition are optional. They gained relevance in an era where there was nothing to do for most people so leveling alts was a way to pass the time. In a perfect world, you should be spending more time on your main than on your alts, but in the Cata era, loads of alts were the law of the land. That is not the way it should be. That's my opinion, but I think it's one a lot of people share.
3. Once again, why do you NEED to get the bag pattern on all 6 toons? Why do you need it on one? We've entered this bizarro world in which people believe that patterns should just be given away, which entirely eliminates the point of the profession. Hell, in the case of the Royal Satchel, the bag isn't even very difficult to make, that's why the pattern is so hard to get! It's a profession badge of honor, and a hell of a moneymaker, for those willing to make the time commitment. Why you think you should simply be given things is beyond me. Same goes with gear patterns. Don't like dailies? Well, find a way of making gold and just buy the gear. Get a friend to make them. No one is forcing you to do anything, and expecting patterns without doing anything for them is silly.
4. What has been taken away from you that makes you "struggle to find stuff to do" without questing? You're still amply rewarded for chaining heroic dungeons. You can still create alts (though something tells me your prime source of enjoyment during Cata was leveling alts, which is an indictment of Cata, not MOP). There's plenty of raiding content, including a far more extensive LFR. So tell me friend, in what way are you forced to do anything? Because all I see is a player that sees a shiny object in the distance and expects it come to him rather than vice versa. Could be wrong, but I'm probably not.