I'm sure many players just want enough gil to break even after a day in dungeons, or maybe even to make a little bit of profit so they can actually spend cash on the marketplace. I personally suffer from 2.5-3.5k in repairs from just a handful of dungeons, so with 8 leves per 24hours, 1k each sounds pretty decent, especially when you take into account people still use them for tradecrafts/fieldcrafts.
