i started crafting when i was a lowbie with roughly 40s in my pocket. i can play an average of 4 hours a week. that is not much to go out and do pve, so i focussed myself on crafting.
i parked myself in rata sum and buy all my resources needed to craft what i need to sell. for now i have not yet any craft at 400 but over time i did manage to get several crafts to roughly 250. not calculating the cost of resources i had to buy to skill up (so what’s left is pure profit) my wallet now holds 40g getting ready to get another craft.
if a crafter that only has that limited time a week but an understanding of the market can make that money and still skill up never leaving the crafting stations, imagine what a crafter can do that has alot of time.
i’d say crafting is worth it.