We need more ways to make gold in this game.

[Tecprincesself]

Right now I have not been able to sell any lvl 16 or 20 gear I have made in the AH... because everyone is selling them so lower then they should like a level 15 pan for cooking is going for 20-50 gil on the AH on my server when it should be higher. That is because of the gil sink... Only money I have made from my gear is selling them to the NPC... I don't make that much as a crafter yet, because of the gil sink. Luckly I get all my materials and not buy any so at least i make some of a profit when I sell them to the npc... 3 gils... One thing they could do it is that at least up the price of the items to npc so we can make some money in this gil sink. lvl 16 armor to npc is like only 16 gil... crafters right now are starving artists!

[meuqsaco]

Also crafting is pretty pointless in the game at the moment, except for mending and maybe some cooking/alchemy recipes.

[Lockisezmode]

crafters right now are starving artists!

I had to shorten your post for posting sake but here is my reply to all of it.

While there certainly CAN be more ways to make money (I would be one for bigger gil bonsues for crafting leves) crafting isn't going to be profitable in the short run. Until you start crafting late game items you are going to be a starving artist. There is no way around that bcause to say any different would lead to the opposite problem of too much Gil and prices skyrocketing for simple stuff. What we need is a delicate balance at both ends so that I can't for say become level 15 in a crafting class and just use it to make a quick 2,500 Gil a day or something ridiculous off mats that cost <200 Gil. Increasing the price of selling items back to the vendor or adding better vendor trash would be more amicable solutions in addition to tweaking leves. Leves being one of the few ways SE can control flow of easy XP and Gil.