What purpose does pause serve?

[TheWeaver]

Reposted from the main tech support forum (apologies if this is a dup, but I didn't see a similar topic):

 

Mostly just curious.  In many of these games space bar is "end turn", but here we still get "pause".  However, I'm not sure what purpose "pause" plays in a turn based combat system.  I understand that I can tweak the key bindings, so no big deal, but it is still odd.

 

[Wormerine]

I sometimes pause during enemy turn to immediately analyze roll result. Other than then, not much. If you end your turn after doing an action, there is a small toggle which will auto-end turn after taking an action (keep in mind to turn it off if you want to move after attacking). 

[jf8350143]

You can pause during enemies' turn to adjust the target of your spells.

[Wormerine]

You can pause during enemies' turn to adjust the target of your spells.

Which according to starting turn-based discription it shouldn't be the case.