[Neomi]

Using the NPC AI scripts you can make the game into more of a "real-time" battle, and as said above, makes the easy fights go by fast. Problem is, you sometimes run into tough fights and if you have the AI on, some of your party members might wind up getting themselves killed before you can get them back under control.

I tend to turn the AI off and pause the game *a lot* during the fights so that I can micromanage my party. You can do a lot more damage, more quickly, by concentrating firepower on one or two enemies at a time. Take out the mages & clerics first, then clean up the rest.