I do not get one thing,
If you are not able to manage this system that you criticize so much,
There is an EASY difficulty level for people like you so JUST USE IT and no need to sneak or think!! Majority of people complaining about micro management just want to look cool doing the game on normal or hard so they prefer that developers will change how the system is built for their little conveniences when majority of people are asking and enjoying the MICRO MANAGEMENT PART, sneaking or not is not the question. How people would complain about BG2 and the fact you need to pause all the time in hard difficulty? No one would do it at this time... the new generation or even the old one getting so much used of this assistance that a little challenge cannot be handled anymore. Please Obsidian/Paradox stay as you are and do the next episode following the same rules just adding a bit more classes/spells/items.