Professions for a mage?

I’ve narrowed it down to 4 (really 3 and a half) pairs

  • Tailor/Enchant, the classic clothie pair, but does it give any non-gear benefit other than easy bags (I guess some cosmetic glam pieces?) since the game doesn’t exactly make gearing through crafting a big deal

  • Herbal/Inscriptions seems to be a fair option for fun side stuff

  • Herbal/Alchemy I guess would be useful for organized PVE but I don’t really have a guild for that anymore atm

  • Mining/Engineering like Herbal/Inscriptions seems to be more for fun side benefits?

The best PvE combination, assuming gold isn’t an issue, is Engineering + Alchemy.

Financially nothing saves you more money than a flask lasting twice as long as it should, and Alchemy does this even at skill level 1.

Engineering has way too many perks that other professions fail to keep up with:

  • Goblin Glider
  • Battle Res (major)
  • Wormhole
  • Nitro Boost or any other belt tinker
  • DoS Mechagon wing skip perk
  • Mailbox, Jeeves, etc.

In terms of making gold any profession except Engineering is great, tbh. But it comes down to server economy. The rest is just transmog, etc. and all that is personal preference.

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