Gold farming

I know this has been mentioned before, but I haven't seen any explanation for it: Almost everyone says that the arena is the best way to farm gold. I try this and get 20 or 30 gold per fight! An extra 100 gold for winning the battle. That's pennies! I get 200-300 per fight in story and it doesn't charge me gold to play. I'm trying to figure out how playing the arena turns out to be profitable. Do you have to get to insanely high levels and play for hours without losing? I don't get it! Even with the milestones, it doesn't seem to add up.
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