I posted something like this years ago because talismans were way too expensive for how easy they were to make - long before the war crest currency change. Talismans were unbelievably cheap to make up to +19s back then. Since the currency change talisman prices have only gotten worse all the while aqcuiring them has only gotten slightly more annoying and time consuming.
The short guide to making a lot of cash:
Spoiler:
Run an easy/normal PQ. My personal favorite on destro side is in Empire R39. Takes me like 5 minutes to finish it start to end.
Buy fragments. Low level fragments cost 2 tokens. Easy PQs hand out like 40+ tokens in green bags.
Send fragments to your talisman maker. Low level fragments + cheapest ingredients on the craft merchant will set you back like 2.5 silver per talisman crafted.
Want higher level ingredients? Craft merchants in guilds sell up to 150 skill curios and boxes. It'll set you back 20 silver per talisman made if you go this route. Gold essence is dirt cheap on the AH to buy. Magic essence you can easily get by breaking down green gear from RvR rather than selling it.
Make a metric f-ton of talismans of various strengths by substituting various strengths of ingredients.
Sell em on the AH - undercut your competition through sheer volume!
How much could I make doing this?
Normal PQs at like R39 will net you 40+ tokens for 5 minutes of your time + 3 minute cooldown between PQ cooldowns. So in 8 minutes plus 2 minutes of fiddling with making talismans you could make 20+ rank 1 blue talismans. The most in demand ones easily sell for 1.5g each almost instantly due to zero supply on the AH. In 10 minutes you could potentially make 30g on the AH, maybe more.
Questions!
1. Can't you just do XXXXX and get talismans through some kind of organized group? Yes, but that invovles being social. This you can do when bored in between waiting for scenarios to pop.
2. Can't you just do XXXXX and get talismans an easier way? Yes, but you get to help out random lowbies acquire more powerful means of gearing up this way. Stick it to the other side - those jerks! How dare they play the opposite faction!
3. Can't you just do XXXXX and make cash faster? Yes, I'm quite certain there are other ways to make cash way faster than this method. But this is what I do cause