another th9 farming thread

I just got into crystal leageue (2074 trophies) and the loot up here is semi good but the good ones I find, I can't get into using my typical Barch farming army. Does the loot get better up here or should I drop back down to Gold 1? I do have lvl6 balloons and to get to the center, I would have to use Balloonions. Is it worth waiting that long and spending all that elixer on these troops?

From my experience, I have found gold 1 more productive for farming gold, elixir, and DE.

If you are ONLY farming gold and elixir, I have found gold 2 more productive (easier bases and more abandoned collector raids).

I use 1750-1850 range as TH9.