Awesome!! Very well explained. It is better if you put the conclusion at the very end. Thank you for putting your time and effort into this.
The OP is nicely streamlined and the data is compiled in an easy to review graph. I think this thread deserves a sticky for providing emperical data on a widely known, albeit generalized, maxim. Of course, given the amount of variables, individual results may be slightly different. Welcome to the forums mate.
Some advice: 1. Stay guild hansel if you want plunder 2. Convert if you need to war or be able to hit harder EBs or want to help your clan more 3. Damnit, forgot (ill amend this later on pc) 4. Get a colony level three ASAP. It will enable you to hit haunts while using Holy Wrath for a full unload. Circle of Elementals needs Undead Army (or whatever the 39.7mil) last 4 hits.
The ampersands in the links work because OP is using the PC to post (most likely to edit any errors). You can't type any ampersands (they will cut the post) or the plus sign (they won't show up) via mobile devices.
Excellent thread, pouf. I remember watching conversion and talking to you about this. Been awaiting this guide as a reference for some time now. Well done.