13,174,284 billion is 13.174284 trillion so no that's not it. Level 3 guilds suck in a major way. It makes sense only if you are shifting away from existing buildings, otherwise go straight to level 4; always.
OMG *FACEPALM X INFINATE* MOST of you on the fourms here have to be KIDDING ME!!! First off for thread starter: DON't SAVE UP FOR ONE STUPID MASS CONVERSION! You are bullying yourself if you do because if you convert 1 building at a time you dont loose anything, in fact you get more money due to ally plunder. Just make sure you are at MP. Also, hansel builds are basicly the fastest and easiest build to grow, you earn lots of money from ally plunder. In EBs just use potions and you can attack. You will make a profit per attack (In direct cash and bonous due to damage) unless you are on the wrong EB. L3 guilds dont suck, The ally plunder is equal to the troop and ally plunder of a l3 cath. Since EBs came along I'd still suggest guild hansels go to PW as they'd most likely make more though this in not certain. Everything I said here only applies to guild hansels, which I have been directly after my 4th and final LC reset. I am now going to SOS Hansel the same way I did for guilds, and I have no regrets (I can actually steal in a war without potions).
This guide's math is completely off, and saving up is a terrible idea. As a hansel, when you buy guilds your plunder steadily increases, so why would you wait when you can be making more gold?
My oh my so upset. What he is talking about is someone who wants to convert once he has already buildings on his lowlands. Which is why he suggests to save the 1.5 bil and then convert (lvl3 guilds) in one step. If you convert 1 by 1 you are a mixed build not Hansel. And yeah, if you are a hansel lvl 3 guilds do suck in both terms of plunder and in real war in terms of spying capacity.
Yes you should go the middle mixed build route until hansel. Also, dont save up to convert to l3 guilds, go replace t2s with guilds l3 then upgrade to l4. This guide fails in a major war.