-Yes, you can still do this; you can also do it by getting one person into combat while the rest are far away and then sneaking them in while the combat is 'frozen'. Not only is this it a thing, but it's somethign that Swen is particularly excited about abusing and exploiting, and loves as a 'feature'... it's part of his game design 'philosophy' in fact, so it seems unlikely to change.
The entire game design 'philosophy' looks like a dreaded hippo to me (highest payed persons opinion).
That is why basically all feedback is ignored and we will get the greatest game about high ground jumping and barrelmancy ever created, since that is awesome and nobody cares about sword and sorcery anymore.
The best thing about BG3 I can currently say is that I read about Solasta here and I had a ton of fun playing that game.
P.S.: The first game I played was on a monochrome display on the Ohio Scientific Challenger, so I can live with second rate graphics. But what I want is a game mechanic that I enjoy.
