You're just having bad luck, it happens. There is no "sweet spot" for loot, just go where you feel most comfortable.
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G1 is good, the loot system is the same as TH8 you just cant raid th7s anymore and get alot of loot.
It's the nature of being a freshly upgraded TH. You get new toys to play with but if you were hitting TH7's those are now only going to give you 50% of the available loot. Your troops aren't upgraded yet so you can't hit a well upgraded TH9. Your best targets are TH8's but if they are well upgraded you are about equal. BARCH targets will be harder to find and you are targeting low end TH8's or rushed villages. There's plenty of rushed TH8's and 9's out there but you have to find them.
The trick is to keep nexting and try higher leagues.
Ive seen "loot is terrible " for over a year now, its not terrible... You just have to go searching a league an range is all.. When it drys up repeat. If th9 s cam barch an bam all lv ten walls in 8 weeks boosted, and i dunno how many weeks not boosted, it cant be that bad. Good luck chief.😊👍
I used to go the C3 to trigger the loot bonus but then drop between 1900-2000 trophy count (G1). That was my sweet spot when I was a TH9. Barch was my troop combo of choice.
Stick with it, it is a shock at first, but very soon you will find that sweetspot and be off again!