There are a few areas where the game will save during the first round of a fight, and it's always frustrating when it does so.
In fact it is possible to enter the Alice Alisceon fight and get a useless autosave. There is no dialog option to cut out of the fight and prepare, and if you don't have initiative and have not buffed you will be wiped every time.
I would like to propose the idea that saving after the first round of a fight is an oversight, and should be done earlier at the expense of the surprise factor. Someone could have their party in a beat up state, for instance, not have another autosave for a while and be SOL like me. (I also deleted the save and somehow deleted my previous ones too). It kind of defeats the whole point of autosaves if you have the potential to create dead-end ones.
Thanks.
