Arguably, there is not any absolute right or wrong be managed by the question -- in the end, each profession will have its pluses and minuses. (I enjoy hedge my  bets by providing different alts different professions to get a max amount of each profession.)   Nevertheless, among one of the best professions to the start  of any expansion is alchemy. It's likely one of the favorites, too, then there's no mystery as to the reasons -- transmutes. In the last days of Cataclysm, it  wasn't rare to discover Truegold sell for over 1,000 gold apiece. That provided a little profit to any alchemist, but also for those fortunate enough to view bonus  procs, a single transmute could turn a 4,000 world of warcraft gold  profit or better. Not bad approximately 20 seconds' in work.   Of course, that has been then; this can be now.  Will alchemy remain as stupidly profitable back in the day of Mists of Pandaria? One approach to finding out -- ladies and gentlemen, you're ready to datamine!  On the beta!   35cxhyh