What's the benefit of Engineering to 5-boxers?

[Multibocks]

it seems to me that JC is the prof. to drop. the recipes are uber expensive and will take you forever to collect them all. I think it is better and cheaper to just buy the gems yourself.

Uh are you crazy?! JC is Blizzard's pet profession and dropping that would be a mistake. Currently you can use 3 BOP gems that are +27 of anything! 27str, spellpower, defense(very very nice for tanks that have a hard time getting maxed). JC is not a profession I would choose to drop. Now inscription on the other hand.... other than the +67 spell power to shoulders enchant this profession sucks balls. Hell I would drop engineering before I dropped inscription or JC.

[Niley]

it seems to me that JC is the prof. to drop. the recipes are uber expensive and will take you forever to collect them all. I think it is better and cheaper to just buy the gems yourself.

JC is the best profession available right now.
Dragons eyes sell very well(400g on Antonidas us).
BoP gems are amazing, best boost for Your dps/tank over other professions, as You get to choose what You want(hit/crit/def/haste/dodge etc)
BoP gems count towards Your meta, so You don't need silly greens or purple gems.
Prospecting ore.(just prospected 50 stacks of saronite, that i bought for 20g a stack. so 50 x 20 is 1000g, I got 11 scarlet rubies from it, which sell on my server for 100g + uncut, I can cut them into 19 sp, which is 140g, so that pays for the ore, now I also got tons of other blue gems(38 blue all together))

I have 2 JCs on my team, If I could, all my toons would be JCs.

[Stealthy]

The main reasons I chose engy on all my toons:

1. The goggles - great stats for shams, and increased stealth detection. Plus gas clouds show up on the minimap when equipped.
2. Hand mounted rocket launcher - not great individually, but significant x 5. Gives shams one more instant attack (we only have shocks other than this), have a 45 yard range as well, so good for shooting down runners. Look awesome as they snake towards the target like a sidewinder missile.
3. Parachute cloak enchant - handy for areas like Icecrown and Storm Peaks where you spend a lot of time flying, and a dismount will equal a death. Combine with hand mounted rocket launchers and shocks for mid-air sniping.
4. Goblin Sapper Charge / Saronite bombs - for damaging vehicles in wintergrasp. Saronite bombs also have a 2 sec cast, which coinsides with the time it takes for fire nova totems to explode = nice AOE burst damage.
5. 5 x Mechano hogs = win.

Cheers.
S.

[Tynk]

ok, sorry to start the flame wars, but someone has to right?

blah blah blah, stupid, blah blah blah qq more, insert more idiotic insults to the english language.

So, what it comes down to is. ENGINEERING IS COOL!!

Teleporters that drop out outside town and a mile up, rocket launchers that may or may not blow up in your face, web flinger thingies that have a chance of mis-firing and catching you (or even better snagging you and take you straight to the target). MECHANICAL FIGHTING CHICKENS!! EXPLODING SHEEP!

/catch breath...
nuff said. Engineering is cool. :)