Quote Originally Posted by 'Niley',index.php?page=Thread&postID=172138#post17 2138
You dont get 50 stam from mining, its just hp increase, it doesn't scale like stam.

JC/some other crafting proffesion(be it lw/ench/bs etc) is best if Youre raiding on Your main.
I'm pretty sure the patch notes stated that all mining benefits of hp were changing to +stam instead, but since I'm at work I can't go check right now. Even still, +500 hp is more or less just as good as 48 stam (maybe slightly worse but mining will make a shatload more money then BS).

Also to the OP, why does it matter whether you're stuck inside of a 5 man instance or not? That is irrelevant. You want the professions that will benefit your character most which means - better stats and/or making money. Most of our answers are relating to that.