They might be "money makers" if you are geared, melded & have a working rotation.
But for New Players they are a Gil sync, more gil than we make from leveling & doing dailys e.t.c. (Speaking from experiance 9 days left on my first 30 days) The gear to buy to even make some items for quests isnt on the market & we can only level 1 class really which removed the ability to make it as a factor. Same for DOL ability to gather items isn't there. Also drop rate from monsters is the worst out of any game i've ever seen so also not always there.....
This really is a terrible game for new players now after 3 expansions, its a shame older players actually went through this cancer.

If they wont sell booster packs for DOL/DOH which are really needed for new players then they should sell GiL (Shame as a subscription game they are even selling overprices items at more than many Free to Pay MMO's prices.)