Usualy (for me) when you can easily get 100b. That's the best starting cost to stop buying allies for plunder and to buy them for stats or trading
How do I make sure an ally is right to buy? And if I were to buy a 100bil ally how much would I get if he was bought back?
You would receive 1.58b profit from a 100b expenditure. "Over a period of time, you will get a feel for what good allies are and what bad ones are. Quite obviously, you want to hire the best stats that you can find. Now, other guides and traders say dont go beyond the fifth page, but quite frankly, this is complete garbage. I have found lots of active, and better stat allies than those on the first 5 pages. I have compiled a list for your ease if you are reading this, rather than picking out from paragraphs. Activity - incredibly key. The ally must be active so that they can grow into their new price, and be considered underpriced so that they will sell. No point holding something that wont sell if you plan to trade it. Stats - This is not as important as activity, but still quite important. An ally will sell if it is considered underpriced, so make sure they have the best stats that you can find at whichever bucket you are buying in. Will they reset - Allies that reset are not worth hiring for a trader. You do not want to hire these, as in general they will reset as soon as you buy. A 40% loss is not what you want. (please note, that now you can earn anything from 60% back to 2.7% back. Owning an ally for 15 days before dropping/reset gets you the 60%, 2.7% is for first day reset/drop) Quest number - This is particularly important within reset ranges (generally 20-60b with inflation and such). Allies with a moderate quest number are more than likely doing LC resets for crystals. Aim to stay away from these. Earnings - An ally that is earning lots of gold, will likely be upgrading faster. Try and stay away from allies that have low numbers of actions/low plunder in eb's. (Relative to eb, you have to judge yourself) Converting phases - Allies that are in the middle of conversions between T2 and T3, or T3 and T4, should be avoided - at the beginning of their transitions. Once they have a good amount of the higher tier, then their upgrade level will increase as their earning capacity and eb's increases. Those are the general rules, a few are my own, and I am not sure every trader follows them. To look for how active an ally is, there are different ways; -You can wall them, and await a reply. -Check their wins each day, and see how much they increase. -Check their eb history - big earners are better. However, this doesnt work as well in current times due to players hopping for items a lot. -You could also go join their clan, maybe talk to them. That is what I like to do for larger players. Find out exactly how active they are. -Recent changes : Estocs wars have lead to a large increase in guild hansels. These should be avoided at any cost, unless you are going for ranges around 100b or lower where they are likely to be well priced for their stats. These will likely not grow and you will incur a loss getting rid of them, or have a hard time selling them. "
Because. You are a narwhal. Does bonus from allies factor into your main stats, or your bonus to allies? If, say, an ally had 100k attack bonus, would I receive 100k attack bonus to my bonus to allies? Or would it go into my raw stats?
It adds to your power 1:1 as your troops do. No new avatars have been released. The update was just to put everything in place that is needed for it.
I have cheap ass eb equipment.. So is it better to have 1 equipment or the ones with big numbers? (Lol I'm a nub)
By that I mean the equipment from smoke signals vs the other eb's. I can't enchant the equipment I haven't any scrolls.
I would say previous eb equipment is much better to have at the moment, and will be until late January or mid February when PvP changes are pushed out or the scroll drop rates increase.