It’s also why GM4Him’s insistence that “the entire world should just freeze” is never going to fly. Larian want the second (or even third and fourth) player(s) to be able to go on on their own business without being tied to what the host is doing.
Why? Is the feature supposed to be co-op or simulated MMO? If it is cooperative then you are still a party working toward a party goal and when part of the party goes into combat everyone should be rolling initiative and doing their own thing on their own initiative.
