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That could work too! Thanks! Well, yes, "namely" has always sounded well for such situations. But it might not be correct actually. I came into this dilemma after being pointed out by a reviewer that "namely" might now be appropriate. And now after doing some googling, it seems that he might be correct. I'm not finding examples with "namely" being used the way I wanted. So, while I wanted "by namely" to introduce an explanation of the previous, it appears that "namely" should be used to name some examples, or to tell what I mean in particular. So, it wouldn't be for an explanation "why is something like that", but "what in particular". Maybe I'm just overthinking...😕

Well, yes, my mistake, I should have made another example. Maybe I could try to make an example from history.😁 I think that "whereas" wouldn't fit in because I think that "whereas" is for there is some contrast between the first and the second statement. In my case, I want the first statement to be an information, and the second statement further explains why is the first statement true. And yes, dropping the adverb altogether seems like it would do the job. In this case I wouldn't have a wrong use of "namely" nor some other adverb. Only I wanted to put some clue for the reader that the explanation follows. (Which may be important in mathematical text where the reader usually thinks "why is that the case, how did he make this conclusion".) Also, another way to deal with this might be to change the structure of sentences in the entire paragraph. But before that, I hope that there is some suiting adverb for this.😁

Hey guys! I'm writing some mathematical proofs, and it should be in formal language, though I think the text needing to be more formal shouldn't make it harder. It turns out that I tried to used "namely" wrong, i.e. I should have used another word. What I wanted to do is to give the information in one sentence, and then in the next sentence to give the explanation why is that the case. Something like this: I hope I gave a good example here. So, I think that the use of "namely" is wrong here, but I am unsure what other word to use? Because now I think that namely should be used in sentences as the following. But maybe "namely" can be used in both occasions?

I see. Well, we can claim Firefly for making these exploits possible, but on the other hand, many other games, in which there are almost no exploits, are way simpler than Stronghold. Sure, there are fewer exploits in Age of Empires, but it's way simpler. Even Warcraft and Dota are way simpler in my option. Yes, they have tons of potions and what not, but that's just messing up with numbers. What we want to have from Firefly is a castle sim, and being able to make castle defences. Much more complex than the stone-rock-scissors thing... Although we would like to have even more of that in Warlords, such as moats, but oh well... As for those cheesy tactics, have yet to see them. [emoji1] I have noticed for example flamethrower doing his business from the siege tower for example. It seems unnatural, but I shall see. Maybe I just want like it like that combination of horse archers and portable shields. Or maybe not - if the flamethrower can be easily killed... It may also depend of the price of these units, and the cost of damage they can deal. But I wish Firefly did something at least with those numbers from economy. It shouldn't be like in Stronghold 2 where players can just produce bread, and simply buy everything else, and actually be more efficient this way than by producing all things on your own. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Hey, I remembered! The Unofficial Crusader Patch. Well, it doesn't help you with the peace time, but it has tons of options. I think you would like to check out out! Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Thanks, I think I'm going to join. I really don't get it, I think this game is actually better than Crusader 2, and Crusader 2 is still more popular. Do you agree? I mean, you've seen more aspects of the game by now, I'm still learning, but my impression is that they put more effort in details in this one. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Certainly, that would be great! For now I just want to get used to the game some more, to have a grasp about different types of units, managing the castle, controlling popularity, etc. Although, I must say, it worries me a bit to see how few people visit Steam Discussions. I hope that people didn't give up on this game so soon. And, by the way, I must say that, after some time of playing it, I have started seeing some things that I wish Firefly did better. Minimaps are not so great for example, especially the ones that we see in Steam Workshop. Although that could be our chance - we wouldn't force people into posting those minimaps with so little information. Woodcutters now cut bamboo only... Why is that, when in the map editor there are some many other tree types... By the way, do you know if bamboo forests regenerate? I think they don't? We have no option to choose a crest... Nor we have an option to choose which lord (Mongol, Chinese, etc.) we want to be right from the main menu.

Indeed it's great! Unlike Crusader 2, this one seems very interesting. Crusader 2 misses a lot of small stuff, and they seem to have taken time into those in Warlords. Although, from what I've seen, the landscapes could be better, but I expect to see tons of fan-made maps "fixing" that issue.😎 Just like @Lord Vetka made tons of maps for Stronghold 2, Stronghold 3, Crusader 1, etc., which are way better than the original maps! Now, another thing that could be here is that I am playing Warlords on my newer computer, while Crusader 2 and Stronghold 3 I was mostly playing on an older one. Nevertheless, I feel that if Crusader 2 was more interesting with regard to gameplay, I would have played it much more despite of small lags and low graphics. Just like when I was a kid, I was playing Empire Earth on a computer which just wasn't powerful enough, but I still played it because the game was fun. I ignored the bad graphics and I avoided gigantic maps, and that was it. Still, Warlords do seem to have some issues. For example, I haven't seen an option to change my crest - if there is any? And, why am I not able to change the lord from the main menu, but only before starting a skirmish game. Plus, the game doesn't even remember my previous choice, it always switches back to the default one. If I am wrong, I would like to be proven wrong.😁 By the way, for now, I have decided to play all the from the beginning: I'm not skipping the campaign. I think it is going to be better for me to get used to this game step by step through the campaign, as this way I will be forced to try varieties of things without any rush: fighting with different types of troops, feeding people with different types of food, etc. It just feels much better for me at this moment than to play from the beginning with everything enables. And, now when I told it about Warlords, maybe this is what should do with Crusader 2 as well.😄

Well, it's done, I got Stronghold Warlords during Steam Summer Sale!😎 It looks interesting, from what I see. Additionally, I expect that we are going to see many beautiful fan-made maps, much nicer than those made by Firefly!

Now I see. In that case, to train for 5pt or 10pt, just put the AI onto a spot from which je can't reach you. And put the timer on your phone for example, or whatever. For playing against AI lords with rules like that, that would be unfair towards them. Those AI lords were made for 0pt. After the peace time, you would start spamming more than one hundred troops, when he would get at most 30. Not to mention if you're going to use those overpowered portable shields, which AI lords never do. If you wanted to sure, just play a multiplayer game against AI lords with 5 or 10pt. You would only need one more PC, or a friend who would act as an observer. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

It should be written in the mod description. Now, for G.M.B. mod, this feature is not mentioned. But I am unsure that such a mod exists. If I remember some other mod which does enable that, I will let you know. In the meantime, you might achieve something like this by building a wall between you and the enemy. So, if your map has seven players, you could add these walls belonging to player 8. These walls would be "hostile" for everybody, and all players would start destroying it as soon as they can. But that wall would slow them down. Maybe moats belonging to player 8 would also do the job! And that solution might even look nicer. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Welcome to Stronghold Nation! Unfortunately, that is not possible. There are no settings in the game for that, nor there are maps that work like this. The only chance would be if some mod enables it, but I can't remember any mod adding this option. G.M.B. mod, for example, has a lot of that, but not this as far as I know. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

In that case, next weekend it is! [emoji41] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

For everyone interested, Stronghold Warlords is on sale at Steam, now it's 33% off. It is the biggest discount for this game by now. Also, I'm somehow surprised to see Stronghold Crusader 2 with 90% off.[emoji16][emoji857] Few bucks only. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

That was me, but I didn't say, or at least I didn't want to say, that Stronghold Crusader 2 maps work on Stronghold Crusader Extreme. These are three different games: Stronghold Crusader Stronghold Crusader Extreme Stronghold Crusader 2 Stronghold Crusader 2 is entirely new game, it is totally unrelated to Stronghold Crusader and Stronghold Crusader Extreme. These are just different Stronghold games which happen to be based on Crusades. On the other hand, Stronghold Crusader Extreme could be called an expansion of Stronghold Crusader 1. And, therefore, Stronghold Crusader maps work in Stronghold Crusader Extreme. On the other hand, map files for Stronghold Crusader 2 are entirely different files from Stronghold Crusader Extreme map files, and SHC2 maps do not work in SHC-E. SHC maps, on the other hand, do work in SHC-E. I hope this helps.

To play a mutliplayer game with Crusader, you would need GameRanger. Download it, install it, log in (and create an account if you haven't done it before), and you would be able to play with others. I left some of the details out, but it's simple. And everybody who wants to play together with you would have to have the same version of the game as you. We could see to organize a gaming event at Stronghold Nation.🙂 I should be able to play this weekend. How are others doing doing weekend?🙂

Thanks Chris! That needed to be done. I tried it now, looks good! What I would suggest though would be to leave more clear space around stone keeps. This way computer lords would have more space around themselves to build their castles. Of course, some of them tend to build huge castles, but it is enough to leave at least a little bit free space for those smaller castles. Another thing. What might be a downside of Extreme is that, if you put those posts around the map for different players, it seems somewhat bad that this way the player doesn't have to rely on their economy. Maybe it would be more interesting to you if you played it without those posts?🙂 This way you would notice more easily that AI lords are actually crippled on maps where they can't fully build their castles, or where they don't have enough resources around their positions to develop and to send powerful attacks against your castle. Those posts compensate it, but imagine how much more fun it would be if the AI lords were able to build everything they need while having their troops from the posts as well.😉 By the way, would that be helpful for you to see a tutorial of how to start your economy in Crusader? How are you doing in general? People having enough food, and you have enough gold and weapons to train more troops? Although the best might be to simply play with others who would be willing to show you. That being said, I indeed don't know, maybe you are already great in those things, but I just wanted to offer.🙂

I think you may have mixed up several games here. You seem to be looking for Stronghold Crusader Extreme Mods? Warlords are present in Stronghold Warlords, which is the newest stronghold game, quite different from Stronghold Crusader Extreme. And LOTR and GOT, aren't those mods for Stronghold 2...😕 Could you share the link to those mods that you found?

I apologize, it might be the case that we misunderstood each other in the other thread. You should be able to put a Stronghold Crusader map into the Stronghold Crusader Extreme maps folder, and it should be available to play. However, Stronghold Crusader 2 maps are not compatible with Stronghold Crusader Extreme, those games are too much different. I hope this helps? What I wanted to say that time earlier is that you should be able to use tons of Stronghold Crusader maps in Stronghold Crusader Extreme. Because there are much fewer Stronghold Crusader Extreme maps out there than the Stronghold Crusader maps.

Yup, I'm also following the Steam Discounts. Maybe it gets even better with the summer sale! And certainly, these videos they make are interesting to watch!

Hi, Ruby, there are tons of interesting maps for Stronghold Crusader. Now, you mentioned you like Stronghold Crusader Extreme, but if I'm not mistaken, even maps for Stronghold Crusader work for Stronghold Crusader Extreme. You would just need to copy those maps from the Maps folder into MapsExtreme. There is an option to build your own SHC-E maps, although I think it would be better for start to use maps made by others, and perhaps modify them a little bit. Custom Scenarios -> New Maps. As for multiplayer, no worries about that, you can even play against the computer in multiplayer games. Although that way it is mostly interesting only when playing with friends, and not with random people at GameRanger. And by "with friends" I mean with you boyfriend for example, or with us. 😄 Or all together! If you need any help, do ask! And my usual advice is to try making things harder for yourself. First you give yourself more resources and in the beginning and more resources around your castle, and later you will be able to give the computer lords greater and greater advantage. Strangely, even late in the game, computer lords fight much better when then start with more gold, for example! Sure, it does make sense to some extent, but I would expect it to catch up at some moment, but it doesn't, it would never attack as hard as if he had started with more gold in the beginning.

I apologize, I didn't notice your post. Just tell if you're still around, and still need help. [emoji846] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Nice review, Nigel! My entire impression with Crusader 2 as well was that it was too easy. Although I'm not a good Crusader 2 player, it is not easy for me to win the games, but my feeling is that one can learn to wipe the floor with the AI pretty fast. Mostly because the game seems much simpler than Stronghold 1 and Crusader 1. And what I disliked too was the fact that a weak PC affects how good you can play too much. For example, with lowest possible graphics settings you don't see fire in Crusader 2, you can only see the ashes as if the fire had been gone for a while. So you don't notice your army burning... Hopefully, they addressed this issue, but I don't lay my hopes into that. Now I have better desktop PC than when we used to our play Crusader 2 games. So, hopefully, it should be fine once I get the game.[emoji4] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Nicely said, Crusader. [emoji41] Nigel, it's so good to hear from you! You're right. I myself am one of those who want to wait a little bit. Although, the biggest reason for myself is a lot of work that I have at the moment. So, I should meet you on the battlefield just after the summer sale. [emoji1] If you find some time, it would be great to hear some of your impressions about the game. [emoji4] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Glad I helped. [emoji4] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk