Yea, this is nothing new. If it would skip your first turn, then it would punish casual players who join later (rogue joining from stealth for example). I guess they could have made it so it skips your turn if you are joining the same fight more than once. On the other hand, that's more code for the combat system which really don't improve anything relevant (for 99% of the player who don't bother with this technique).
