POE1: Gold costs vs. Earn Rate

In POE1, it costs about 30k per respec point at level 100. On a rare T16 map with extra pack scarabs, I earn about 10-12k gold. That's 1 respec point per 3 maps. That seems a bit low.

Similarly, trading a currency item for a handful of chaos can take 1-2k gold.

The amount of gold you earn per map should allow you to currency exchange the currency you get from that map + some upkeep amount. In reality, it doesn't.

In addition, all bonus content doesn't drop gold at a reasonable rate. I have had to ditch Delve because in the time it takes to do runs equal to approximately one map (the 10-12k gold above), I get about 3-4k. I can't keep up with my Kingsmarch upkeep, let alone have enough to use the currency exchange, unless I focus solely on "extra packs" rare maps. Run Catarina or a campaign boss (Maven Invitation, Betrayal Mastermind, etc.), ditto. Same with Heist. A heist run can take about the time of a full T16 map including hitting the bonus content in the map, and gives less than a quarter of the gold (and less if you don't instantly detonate packs as you run through). The gold needs to be proportional to the expected time for each thing.