So after going to the two extremes, namely from micromanaging the crew every two hours to basically letting the AI run everyhthing, I would say the AI runs the crew 85-90% as well as a micromanaging human. There is still an advantage to micromanaging, but the AI XO is good enough that you can let him handle things on his own.
That is a huge improvement over SH3 where you had to constantly micromanage the crew (if using the stock fatigue model) to just keep your crew from getting too fatigued on long patrols.
In SH4, the crews will rotate on their own and will go to sleep on their own. I still look in after every watch change however just to make sure evrything looks ok and to make sure my bridge and command room watch is fresh.
One advantage you can gain however is to review the roster at least once on the trip. The AI XO does a pretty good job, but I still moved around 20-25% of the crew, mostly to make sure my best watchmen were on the bridge crew and to balance the mix of officers/chiefs & seamen on every watch.
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