I think earning from faucet is good idea only if you have many referrals. For me personal, it's best way to earn bitcoins for now.
Then you are doing something wrong with your other attempts to make money. Faucets are by far the worst thing to be a part of due to their
extremely small payouts which they have in that level because they are funding themselves with ad revenue.
Why can't people make good amounts having lots of referrals???
The best example is Freebitco.in where many make lots of BTC still just by their referrals' work...
Then show here that 'many' you are talking about.
You think the rewards from ref can consider a lot?
I have a quiet numbers of active referrals from freebitco.in doing clicks everyday for almost 6 months now. My average passive income for it is only 20k-30k satoshis. Well it does not a lot to me but good for covering transaction fees.