I'm a working man 45 years old with a wife and toddler. I don't have the time for more time consuming combat
The BG series is my favourite RPG ever, and I've probably played it through 10 times at least the past 20+ years.
I bought early access as soon as I could, but was quite heart broken after playing through the first couple of fights with the imps. The amount of time that first little fight took and all the misses and micro management had me quit the game. Of course battle is a huge part of the game - and it should be - but there is no way I can find the time or will to play through the game if every tiny little fight will take several minutes. Enabling some kind Combat-AI or auto-attack similar to BGII is a must if you want someone, who is not a hardcore D&D fan or with with loads of free time, to find the time and enjoy the game.
The story, the progress, the character building, the character interaction... That is what made BGII the greatest game. If I need to spend as much time clicking and crawling and targetting in battle, as I do moving around looking for clues, interacting and progressing the story line, then the game has lost it's magic, and I'm quite sure I will never find the will and energy to play it through when it finally launches.
