Originally Posted by VincentNZ
A pause would be the only way to allow tactically placing your characters before combat, which is deemed so important by Larian. Well we can enter turn-based mode for that, but that of course this takes an awful lot of time. Just like so muc in this game it is a cumbersome workaround for things that can be solved far easier with conventional game mechanics other developers have chosen for decades.

This can be solved already, for instance by having a single character initiate combat whilst the others are out of sight. You can then, at your leisure, move into any position as long as you are not spotted. Super powerful advantage.