So how is your reduced gold cost QoL going?

In this event I dont have enough gold to buy upgrades, use the auction house nor respec my passive points. I cant even think of sending mappers, lol. Im farming end game, just not t17s. Is it just me with something wrong in the pseudo atlas/idols or is this the general experience? I know t17s pumped decent gold in the previous versions of 3.25 but I didnt get a single one to test that this time. With full atlas in this event I feel like playing 50 passive normal atlas and nerfed gold drops. What is your experience?