Yeah, for me fatigue is one of those tough choices as to whether I play with it on or off. Like Puzz I've had some battles against the AI in which I was expecting a real tough fight and in fact turned out to be slaughters.
In one such battle (VH/H) my relatively large garrison defence of 1000 troops killed >5500 (from 3 AI armies) while defending a siege assault from a horde faction. The one army with the siege equipment breached my defences with siege towers, rams and sap points, and so after dealing with the initial army I decided to retreat to the centre square to face the rest...
While I relaxed and regained unit stamina in the city plaza, the other 2 AI armies charged all the way round my wall defences to enter through the breaches. By the time the chosen swordsmen, horde spearmen, etc, reached my plaza they were tired or exhausted and a simple charge from the 3 family members I had in the plaza routed the lot. Several thousand troops routing from the city plaza with 3 family members in pursuit = mass slaughter.
Without fatigue on I would have definitely lost as there's no doubt the charging of the AI reinforcements round the walls was their doom.
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