We need more ways to make gold in this game.

[blumps]

Stop using gil sinks, stop dieing so your gear is not damaged as much. Sadly with such vast amounts of new players and presumably gil sellers all constantly making new characters just to get gil into the system, you just have to learn how to get it from them. I have sold over 50 stacks of Chicken egss at 5-10k a piece since release. I am not worried.

Your gears durability goes down as you are in combat, not just when you die (quite a lot too). Welcome to any MMO...