stop sending guys on missions, profit. the question you have isnt how do i make money in this game, your question is how do i make money in this game while also leveling a profession i have deemed worthless. if you know its worthless at your level, stop doing it. if you cant find something that you can sell for a profit, then stop crafting those items. Armor i believe was intended to be able to make the Oranges, not for purples, but to make oranges. So as things get released and updated, and you get schematics, you can make the oranges that people use. Stop thinking of purples being the pinnacle, they are not. SO, level your armor later when you can make oranges, and then sell them for whatever you can to make a profit, but stop spending to nothing to keep progressing it. I will also bet you have your skills higher than your level, which will send the costs spiraling out of control. To make money, take slicing, period, you will make money, not free tons of cash, but profit. Or take three gathering skills like others have said, and vendor it, or sell it for double vendor price, and undercut everyone. Crafters WILL buy materials, but you have to sell them at a price that they can craft something they can sell. If you go collect 20 green goo, dont put it up for 3k and complain no one buys your stuff. lower the price until it sells, then sell it at that.