Okay, so as title says, just reached 3* goldsmithing. I was REALLY looking forward to making some awesome glamors for my toon, some amazing furniture for my FC etc.

But really.. what the HELL is with the price of 3 star crafting??

vortex feather - 900k
demimateria of vortex - 3 needed - 985k each
etc etc

Let's think. Maximum money (on my server yes), you make from 2 * is around 300k for, erm. dodore survival belt for example. BUT, you put about 280k into getting mats for it anyway. so it's actually only a 20k profit.

Can someone explain to me.. where on EARTH do we start to get the money for these things. I mean yeah, i love extremes and hardmodes, but i have to do this all day every day now to make money? I'm also level.. 76-ish? On desynth, but i'm judging by time spent on it already, it's going to take at least 1k more aetheryte rings?

Please, don't take this as a QQ thread, it really isn't, i just have NO idea how to actually start affording to provide these 3 star crafts.