Originally Posted by
Eroginous
You guys miss my point. Professions are there to make money, and give you some benefits that are exclusive to you. Alchemy is fueled by herbalism. Right now, because of the price on everything, it is MORE PROFITABLE to just herb and sell them on the AH than it is to make pots/flasks and sell those. For money making, it is fail. I could spend hours farming mats to make flask of the frost wurm to sell for 20g ea, and then end up having to buy most of the frost lotus I need. If I just farmed herbs, I would make more money, without spending a bunch of money on frost lotus.
Gem transmutes are ridiculously terrible. It is more profitable just to BG for honor and buy gems with that.