User blog comment:B1llyj1m3/Hired Guns/@comment-1906486-20110729224524

Placing your NPC's at a crucial spot is key, also laying traps for enemies is another factor. I found a lot of times, they usually almost always rush to the back doors, but sometimes someone fast on the team rushes in and sits at your door.

Just ready to blast you to bits, soon as you have it open. So try waiting, or finding methods of evading the enemy. Snipers usually are an annoyance, due to they can pick you off going almost anywhere. Issue is even if you killed someone, there's usually others nearby to continue. Which is why I try actually having some sort of strategy, of watching those with gold. Highlighting a target will indicate how much being held, so trying to make sure you know who's got what is key.

Especially if they leave in groups of 2-4 at least, being they could carry back 40+ gold in one run. 10 is key to keeping no speed loss, any extra will start costing you extra speed loss. Also if a teammate dies and you pick up their gold, you'll be weighed down no doubt quite a bit. Don't get greedy, when you rush in for it. Unless you have a team to back you up, or have a way of escaping alive.

Due to how pretty hard it is, to carry past 10 normally it's usually key to pick that, and then run back with it and have others do the same. Carrying 10 per player at most, might not seem like much but do it right and cover each other. You might return carrying 20-50 gold, that's if you're able to keep others off your back, and also have some good cover support from others.

Problem is more gold = more EXP/GP rewards, so people try being greedy over it to gain better rewards. Then you start noticing your strategies fail, as people try lugging back 15+ pieces of gold at once. I've seen people actually safely carry back 30-50 gold at once, but doing that is pretty daring unless you've got a good defense.