Making gil without relying on the Auction House or quest rewards?

[Egonomics]

Just like in RL, you can't pay the bills by having fun all day!

Find something that drops materials that sell for a lot at the AH, and go farm that thing. Otherwise, you'll have to Get A Job just like everyone else.

Except this doesn't make any sense from any design standpoint, and it drives the economy towards total collapse. Mending equipment at level 50 already costs several thousands, and I'm in crappy gear. Once everyone gets hit by the money sinks, the entire thing will fall onto itself.

There NEEDS to be ingame generators other than players, it's just not feasible to keep playing past a certain point if the only way to "make" money is transfer what little there is between players because everyone already hit the cap. Even in a real life economy, money needs to be funnelled from something. And unlike a real life economy, this game has sinks where money simply disappears, never to be seen again.

[zenmetsu]

Except this doesn't make any sense from any design standpoint, and it drives the economy towards total collapse. Mending equipment at level 50 already costs several thousands, and I'm in crappy gear. Once everyone gets hit by the money sinks, the entire thing will fall onto itself.

There NEEDS to be ingame generators other than players, it's just not feasible to keep playing past a certain point if the only way to "make" money is transfer what little there is between players because everyone already hit the cap. Even in a real life economy, money needs to be funnelled from something. And unlike a real life economy, this game has sinks where money simply disappears, never to be seen again.

Nonsense. The economy ran for quite some time in 1.0 without "total collapse" as you put it. Man-up and start crafting.