Quote Originally Posted by Stazi View Post
I can't imagine playing without active pause, especially when I use horse archers in nearly every army (I even buy them as mercenaries if I can't train them). Coordinating all that hit and run (luring) actions in many distant places on the battlefield is simply impossible without pause when 2-3 seconds delay makes huge difference.
This is perhaps the best reason in a game for using the pause button. Personally I would find it impossible to use Horse Archers correctly without it, because the rest of the army would get trashed whilst I micromanaged them. This applies to Cavalry outflanking maneuvers too.