> Hide whole party
> Position hole party
> Attack with first one > combat starts ...
> Attack with second one > joins the combat ...
> Attack with third one > joins the combat ...
> Attack with last one > joins the combat ...
Sure, you can do that, but it's not the same thing at all. It feels like an awkward workaround for not having a real pause feature. And because it's so many manual steps, with combat kicking off right away, fat-fingering a key or hitting space bar or something out of muscle memory, it can have results that can only be fixed by reloading a save. And similarly, when you're just walking around or whatever, sometimes you want to pause so you can redirect movement suddenly.
