In fact, I hate formations. Feels like robots, not people. More like a board game than an rpg.
Interesting. I wonder how you feel about team sports. When the squishy PC starts battle in front of the tank, I don’t feel like I’m witnessing human-like behavior. I feel like I’m coaching a team who refuses to learn the game plan.
Freshly recruited PCs in DOS2 demand to know what their role will be on the team. If a similar discussion happened in BG3, I’d love to say “your role is to shoot arrows from the back, so stay back.”