Ichimonji Hidetora 说:
Fatigue is an important part of combat, so it would be nice to have if it's well implented.
This reminds me of some old historical reports that were written by some duke about a mock combat that involved a group of knights in foot combat, about a dozen of them just fell over at some point, they were dead too.
It was believed they had suffocated back then, but it's much more likely they died from heat exhaustion.
Exert yourself while wearing armor... body heat can't escape the armor and cool air can't reach you very well, then your core body temperature rises a few degrees and you are done for.
Yeah, heat exhaustion, fatigue... it would be nice if it was a problem in Gekokujo.
I'm a member of the SCA, We have large scale battles for hours outside on cold and hot days, some of us like me wearing full European plate armor. The armor itself is surprisingly lightweight and while the material doesn't breath too well it's very manageable. If you fall over, it's just as easy to stand back up in a full suit of armor as it is in your street cloths.
Most of your exhaustion comes from the fact that you are running, dodging, swinging and recovering from some pretty monstrous blows, it's no worse than running in the same gear our current military issues however the only thing that really starts to weigh you down is the muscle strain from holding up a 10-15lb shield.
Many new people who have joined the SCA never even imagined that the hardest thing would not be moving around in the armor all day but merely holding a shield, I've seen many trainees only fight for an hour or so before they can no longer hold one up to defend themselves, the arm muscles simply stop and your arm hangs uselessly at your side.