But that "Wait" feature only lets one party member move, while all the others are left to wait. In BG, by dragging the mouse to make a tetragonal selection, you could have as many or as few of your party as you wanted moving, while the others stayed behind. Sure, a lone scout is useful, but there are also situations in which it might be advantageous to have two/three party members go into something by themselves.
But that "Wait" feature only lets one party member move, while all the others are left to wait. In BG, by dragging the mouse to make a tetragonal selection, you could have as many or as few of your party as you wanted moving, while the others stayed behind. Sure, a lone scout is useful, but there are also situations in which it might be advantageous to have two/three party members go into something by themselves.