I just realized a major benefit of taking my time to level up all of the available professions with my group. I should be able to craft up all of the necessary gear for my tank when he gets to 80 (which could be a while, but I've already got 11 titansteel bars and counting, and my alchemist is able to transmute titanium bars as of yesterday!), as well as items for my other characters if needed, without spending huge amounts of gold. Which is good, since I will need those huge amounts of gold to get them all on fast flying mounts by level 77...