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If I remember correctly, we're talking about an old article about development tactics for Castle. Also, I repeat that development tactics go beyond the format of a reference guide. By definition, because a reference guide shouldn't contain information that has the key "IMHO." This is still the prerogative of a textbook, which we don't claim to be...
If capturing a "can" (a resource location) on the second week can still be considered "reference information" because no one is interested in your opinion about this mechanism – it either works or it doesn't. Repeat the actions described in the method for capturing the "can," and it's yours. But a development strategy for a city, by definition, cannot be absolute – there are as many opinions as there are people. Physics is still facts, not opinions... That's the difference.
Please don't judge too harshly.
Let's say someone wrote in the reference guide (with "reference information") a method for capturing a specific "can" on the second week with specific troops from a specific city, and it works, and you just need to be able to repeat it. Now, in practice, what do we have, in my opinion? The number of troops can change significantly on the second week, depending on various buildings and the difficulty of battles in the first week (and we can also remember the hero's level and skills :). Therefore, the possibility of applying this exact specific algorithm will not often be available. Therefore, in this case, the specific actions in this algorithm will no longer play a role, but rather its idea, based on which we can say whether we can apply it with the troops we have or not. And it is already ceasing to be "reference information" and has the key "IMHO." Of course, in this case, you can completely forget about the idea (which, in my opinion, is primary here, while the algorithm itself is secondary) and leave only the algorithm itself, but then, in my opinion, its "reference" value will decrease significantly because you will have to think about the idea yourself and then implement it in your case.
P.S. I recently read a math reference guide; it contains both a large table of indefinite integrals and methods for solving integrals of a specific type. Why not do something similar here?
P. P. S. By the way, why is the conversation immediately about the second week, and not the first? It is generally accepted to start with the first one :) or are there no specific mechanisms there? :rolleyes: