The economy and game progression is entirely based on that and it worked for 12 years on an unique server, Arisetsu economy is still great. Work on your favors, discover and favor the npcs you need, use your loots for favors and crafts.
#vendor restocks are the worst ive ever seen in any game ever.
idle island
autumn oasis
What's your current strategy for selling loot to which npcs, and what are their favor levels? What kind of content are you running?
Do you generally pause grinding loot after exhausting all npc options to do life skills, or keep using loot for favor? Where is your transmutation and augmentation at?