Cata Professions

[Mosg2]

I'm more interested in the stats perks

Alchemy does seem pretty cheap to level compared to JC though. That's a bonus.

[Slats]

Engineering will have its own version of 'gems' that can go in certian items I think. They are called cogs or something. They are basically the equivilent of the boosted gems JC's got. The ones I saw focused around something and mastery.

It was on MMO-Champion awhile back. Sorry I dont have a link.

I've always been a big fan of having every profession I can in a team. My 'main' team has everything except for Herbalism on it. I do cooking/fishing on the tank and will probably put arch. on him too.

I think Blacksmithing/JC has been the 'Wrath' combo - Scribe/Enchanting is not bad for shoulders/rings.

You can fit everything you need to go 1-450 Alchemy in like a couple of 20 slot bags so in terms of doing it en-mass its fairly simple.

[MiRai]

What better reason to choose Alchemy than to be able to transform into a dragon!

A new spell appeared in the latest beta build, the Vial of the Sands. According to the spell and reagents it looks like it will be an alchemy recipe available through Discoveries, the Vial of the Sands isn't a regular mount and will let you transform into a Sandstone Drake and carry an ally on your back!

• Vial of the Sands - Teaches you how to transform into a dragon, allowing you to fly very fast and carry an ally on your back.

[Altsoba]

I already have two alchemists, both maxed out. All my lvl 80 alts that still don't have at least one main profession I'm powerleveling them on Alchemy.

Main reason if not solely is:
"New unique material used by nearly all high-level recipes will be created by alchemists on a one-day cooldown."

Source:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....Id=13200229268

Between azeroth fly, high speed flying and getting the new level on professions, we'll need something around 5k per toon on Cataclysm very start. That's a lot of money (well for people like me that hates the whole AH deal... I always just have enough money for my goals ).