So what is the current best way to make gil?

[Azper]

Honestly, if you like you could always try buying the Dragonskin Maps if you don't have a level 56 miner/botanist, farm and hope you get the thavarian materials then find a trust worthy crafter to make it for you. Least on Coeurl maps are about 70k now last I checked. This being if your looking JUST for the thavarian items and not to make money of course xD

Yeah, the maps are great now that they're cheap. The materials that drop are often worth more than the map itself. I two-man them with a tank friend and our two chocobos.