Suntzu, you will first need to unlock the mage by upgrading your castle to lvl3 (you'll need highland 12) to discover your infernos and aquas.
HF is what I usually recommend, it takes up less space so you have more plunder generating buildings.
They lose as much gold as they would if they dropped you. It has not changed and may not ever change. So always make sure you warn an owner you like before you reset if you're not a cheap little alt. other wise they may not be very happy (then again if you're like me you'd reset just to see them rage )
Heavy attack builds with SDT tend to do well in plunder and mith. But this all depends on your clan strategy. A clan with too many attack builds will be decimated by a heavy spy clan, so be sure to coordinate with your host war clan prior to starting the war.
As far as I know yes, but it's random and very rare. So don't except to get a drop on your first warbeasts
This may be wrong.. But I believe HTE drops the best aqua/inferno. It's definitely the fastest eb done to get it. A lot of clans do HTE, most require that you have a seal of the damned to visit though.
I'm currently stats: 108k attack 72k defense, and 37,800 spy attack and defense. At these stats which eb's should I be doing for the most money earned?
Try sticking to "The forgotten ones" or maybe even "origins". Then move up to "Ambush" and maybe some haunts at around 1 mil cs. ️
Ambush is a good paying eb that anyone can hit(well, the health bar. The other bars require more strength). However, if you can find a clan doing Revenge of the Warbeast or ebs that have item bars, like origins and nml, then I would go there. Revenge of the Warbeast pays really nice compared to Ambush, and those item bars pay off big time(just make sure you actually put in a good amount of items).