Some of my current goals include buying the 16 HQ items needed from the MB for the final step in the Anima Weapon quest and buying the i180 crafted gear to look like Fray via glamours, though this may not happen as everyone has moved on to the i220 stuff now.

By the time I finished HW, I had a few million gil from all the IV materias you get towards the end (I was able to sell one of the crafting ones for 250K!!) as I quickly learned the MB was a waste of time for upgrades, they were so overpriced and just saved all my gil and dungeon'd upgrades. However, I blew all that on HQ i220 accessories and now am looking at having to farm MILLIONS of gil with no quests. Later Dungeons give almost no gil and the gear you get in them is unsellable.

Am I missing an avenue of making money? I'm trying to level my Retainers, but it is taking a long time. I just feel like right now if you don't craft/gather, the game is stacked against you and am hopeful for ideas.