Battle Afflicted Troops?

[Ironpaw]

Hello All,

Been playing the demo a bit, really love this game so far, great to be playing a true turn based strat game again.

Anyhow to my question, I was wondering what people did with there troops that are battle afflicted prior to casting that healing winds spell or what not, most of them suffer a big morale drop, so I pulled them off the line, but then what, should I continue to pay upkeep while I await the spell research? Are they good for patrolling maybe, though I rarely use that? Maybe make a bluffing force with them and hope no one calls my hand? Or perhaps send them on suicides against Independents to free me of the upkeep cost, and get some good force scouting, before I bring up the Main?

Thanks all for any help.