[Quiet Man Cometh]

What does get to me is when the two are mixed. That's how it is in Baldur's Gate, where characters move when their turn comes around, so some act faster than others, but they only act according to what you last told them to do. It let to lots and lots of pausing mid-battle to give out more various instructions, and then watching the various characters and judging when to pause again to relay new instructions. I usually ended up watching my mages for when they cast spells so I knew when to tell them to cast a new spell, and keeping an eye out for my ranged characters in case they ran out of arrows and ran up to the bad guys to attack with whatever backup they had. Could get a bit tricky, hence I liked to keep around a lot of beatsticks to make things easier. Fewer people to watch out for.