Yeah, I mean let's not talk about that. I've done my research. I read somewhere that doing all Heroics can net 2.8mil per day. I guess with my gear that takes 3h per day. So roughly 1 mil per hour. Like you said.
Or... I can spend a lot of real money on the cash shop and sell stuff in the GTN making hundreds of mil an hour, or however much I want, depending on my budget. But I'm not salty about that. Every game is like this now. But it still hurts, learning the prices of endgame gear and the fact that I'd literally have to grind hundreds of hours if I wanted top gear. But like I said, every MMO is like this now and the only appropriate response, as far as I'm concerned, is not bothering. I will do the story. I will do what I enjoy. I'll probably never have great gear.