Originally Posted by
Amnamos
Why not compare it to red sockets? Eventually at best you'll put them in yellow sockets when there are no blue sockets left - then your only bonus is getting the meta gem without blue sockets especially when epic gems come out.
As for the staves - this is T8 content, not T9. I've seen a lot more other gem colors in other items but very very few blue sockets. Also - the best weapons were off KT in T7 content, what makes you think the best weapons won't be off Yogg and Algalon in this tier? There is one caster sword in all of Ulduar 25 atm - you think there won't be more? The staff is nice, but there will be more weapons to choose from. It is not a reason JC trumps all.
Why change tailoring? It's a well needed buff, it's a proc not a straight amount of spellpower, and as you claim, other professions are stronger than it already. No reason to change it now.
Sure CSD requires two blue gems, but for mages, spellpower > all, but there is not a huge difference between spellpower gems and spellpower/haste or spellpower/crit (depending on spec). 9 spellpower 8 spirit is basically 9 spellpower 4 or 5 crit with a touch of mana regen. Sure it's not as good still, but it's definitely not bad like it used to be. The bonuses JC had at the beginning of this expansion are diminishing and will continue to diminish unless bliz changes something.
One other thing - of these - enchanting is by far the easiest/cheapest to level. JC - gotta buy tons of mats unless you have a miner, Alch - same except herbalist, enchanting - either buy mats or go solo Dead mines once or twice, next tier instance, etc. etc. So easy to level, so easy to make money off of - every old piece of gear you don't need - instant 100G for that shard (or one shard you don't have to buy for new gear - and 100G is about average price of shards on my server).