Simple idea/suggestions for crafting bench

Go all in on sockets and runes.

Salvage bench retains its functionality but becomes a crafting table again.

Runes can be crafted from currency but are lower in power than the current iteration, like 6% resists per?

Change max sockets on large items to 4 and small items to 2? Items can drop with higher numbers of sockets at higher item levels, like poe1.

Downsides:
An extra system for new players to learn

(to be continued)

Upsides:
Uses lower tier currency for more than just base item reroll spamming

Helps with power troughs without spam dropping rare items for regal shards

Useful early and into the endgame, maybe having to tweak soul core power a bit

Integrates really well into poe2 goals/systems. No item drop spam for more currency, just uses what currencies you would already have. Uses already existing systems like salvage bench, sockets, and runes. Can be tuned and iterated on as needed.

Thoughts?