well globell. Friendly advice from someone not much higher on the ladder than you. If ya do it right u can get much more then 5 or 6 k a night, i blew past those 25k upgrades in a night, maybe 2 if i got hit a lot. It all depends on how you do it and your technique to it. If you use your in game map, don't map random spots.. map clusters that you can hit. If you find yourself getting hit by the same peeps near those clusters erase them and move them cuz your probably in someones fishing hole. I figured that one out the hard way as i kept magically gettin hit by the same person running the same cluster so i erased it and moved it and low and behold that frequent hitter hasn't hit me that often anymore.
ALso, the in game chat is a great tool most of the time, but can be dangerous cause it seems some peeps use it to fishy prospect
but it seems more helpful than damaging in my opinion.. ive gotten alot of good idea from people on there. Sure they will jack your gold but they will help you get more (to jack later) as well. I help anyone i can though im no pro or veteran, however i am a fast learner and have devised a few scheming tactics to keep my hits lowwww as all you bad lil monkeys know who always hit me for crap hits yet i somehow continue to upgrade?!?! Hmmmmmm
Figure the other people out, research when and who hits you and were.
Some people have time constraints and play on schedule. Some people are impossible to figure out though. I have prefferred times myself but have a random schedule which leads to random playing times.
Pop in chat one time, if i see ya i will PM you some tricks i learned and was shown to keep things in order. I still get nailed of course all the time but its more acceptable losses than most get. I wont divulge them in the forum for all the sharks to see, i may as well cut my fingers open and jump in the ocean for a swim.
Cya on the seas!