I've been at a million for a couple weeks, closing on 1.25 mill now. Of course I started off from pre-patch with a few hundred thousand, which helped. Seems you have to be a ninja or be like me and just like wearing lighter armor as it forces you to manual block and use better footwork rather than tin can it. I have tried out cavalry and that is the only time I do not make money, every other build I have tried is constantly making more money because of low-medium weight armor and generally mid-tier weapons, plus my clan and I rock x5 for hours at a time sometimes which helps with income.
Also, with the new patch your cRPG gold will also be your strategus gold (being interwoven and meshed coser together) so hopefully this gold will help me finance my clan's army.