I'll be saving up. 1. Because I can see it being quicker, once you get at least 100bil, if you can get someone to volley, that'll give you a big boost. 2. I want to see the massive figures. (Who said you have to bank it in allies...? Just lie low).
Nobody hits anyone on bl anyway anymore. Unless you pick a fight there is no problem in leaving it out. I'll probably save up just cos it's quicker in the long run and I have patience
The hansel guide you reference while still very relevant was made during pwar era the plunder drop In pwars was Indeed large now as you say it is laughable.
It's not hard to save up, I had 1Trill in allies in no time, I stick to 40bil and 93bil active allies, the 40bil ones sell in minutes. Having the gold in active allies means you don't have to leave large amounts of gold out too, plus you get 600mil every time you sell a 40bil ally, that's the same as a full unload for some, every time one sells. Just make sure to shop the right prices, use Havoc's price list, you don't want to shop people that have been dropped.
But you need them all to sell at the same time so you can upgrade 2/3 of your guilds to SoS's. How do you get them to all sell within the same day?
You can ally trade and make up to easily 10b a day... I do. And guild hansels can get up to another 20b a day haunting