I believe why farming is not profitable nowadays is due to the economy.
Currently al economy is completely messed up. No matter how much u farm when ppl dont have enough gold to buy it prices will remain low.
Consider the example of hisha or bloodgrub vanities. One would expect them to rise after event since they are no longer available but look at the prices they are down by a lot.
Ultimately the main sources for earning gold used to be events, they could 3x/4x ur gold easily but that is no longer the case. Sts needs to introduce better gold making opportunities during events

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