I never use the NPC AI ... EVER!!! I've used it in the past, but I find that it makes the NPC's far too stupid!!! The AI should instead be called AS (Artificial Stupidity)!!!
I always turn off the NPC AI and control the actions of all NPCs in my party. I don't bother to use auto-pause. If I feel the need to issue some orders, then I'll manually pause.
MINOR SPOILER.......
And related to the combat AI is the marching AI (I think that they may call it, pathing). This is really a pet peeve of mine.
I actually had Jahiera once walk into the the really nasty crushing trap in the first level of the Assylum Dungeon when I was intentionally moving my party along a different path to avoid it. Of course, it killed her on the spot. She just plain decided that since others in my party were blocking her path she would go off and take the path that I was specifically avoiding!!!! GRRRRR!!!!
Why can't they have characters that are blocked by other characters while walking thru a narrow area just wait a moment and try the same path again instead of trying another path and keep waiting until the path is clear. Heck, I'd almost rather that they just didn't move instead of taking a path other than the one I want them to take.
Kinda went off on a minor tangent ....
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