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[...] The game would pause only if you are fast enough to react, and only when YOU want it to. [...]
No real-time based things in a TB mode, thank you very much. Anything that would require an input should wait for me to give that input (or I suppose, have required earlier input by me as in "preactions"). In your suggestion, players would have to pay close attention to *everything* in combat *at all times* (ignoring the fact that Larian's camera can make it hard to figure out exactly is happening) AND then have rapid reaction times. This mechanic would be especially egregious given that there is no full-game pause in BG3; you effectively couldn't get up except during other players' turns, and they'd have to wait for you to get back before they end their turns.
Additionally, I feel like combat in the game already proceeds too quickly to reasonably react to..? Enemies don't have thaat long of a wind up for attacks. Spells maybe, but melee actions? And I definitely don't want BG3 combat to be slowed down even more than it already is.
