Originally Posted by Envý
If you check the [Runed Cardinal Ruby] you see that the epic gems will most likely get +23 SP. That will give JC a bonus of 24 sp (+ free Meta/Socket Bonuses), and BS a bonus of 48 SP in future.
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That'd be 46, not 48 for BS. I'd pose this question for you older-school warlocks: how did socket bonuses scale going from T4 to T6? I ask this to get a feel for how socket bonuses might scale from T7 to T8 and eventually T9.
This will help determine by how much JC's benefit will decrease. After the introduction of Runed Cardinal Rubies, JC will be worth 27 SP + socket bonuses (currently slightly more than 10 sp if you have the Pennant Cloak, Maly neck, and one other haste or crit socket bonus that you can activate with your 3rd Runed Dragon's Eye).
If we continue to have gear with blue/yellow socket SP bonuses (another unknown) this would maintain JC on par with Enchanting, LW, and Inscription (37-38 SP). There is also the possibility of rebalancing of these professions to ~46 sp to match BS. I currently have BS in anticipation of epic gems and for the current 38 SP bonus, and am keeping enchanting until the question of rebalancing is answered, at which point I may drop it for JC if socket bonuses continue to scale well.