When skipping a step due to criteria (level, rep, optional, profession, etc), the quest count is not incrementing for the progress displays.

OK, The root cause is that we are literally "skipping" the step not marking it as skipped like the checkbox.
The current logic is good if you might want to execute the step later.
The alternative is good if you will not fullfill the conditions.

I'm not sure how it behaves when you get to the end of the guide then. Will have to look into it to see if it stills says 298 of 300 completed if you say didn't qualify for 2 cooking quests. That way you could go back later and pick them up.

I will change the logic then for the professions guide so that they are checked off instead of skipped then.

Oh, that is odd. On the queue.