Can we now finally get the game to pause?

Since chronomancy is a thing in poe2 where each player can "pause" enemies in a multiplayer setting

can we get the game to pause whenever we INTERACT in POE1?

i really hate the fact i need to clear 2-3 screens of monsters before being able to interact with an altar or something without a monster stabbing my ass while i m reading.

I feel you! But I don’t think that’s in their focus right now.

But lucky you! Imagine your character would point in the opposite direction and the monster would not stab you in the a$$ but in the……. :0

I think it's more like a long duration AoE freeze.

They said it does not work with Chayula, probably it does not work with other end game pinnacle bosses either.

hopefully not

It has been said by Jonathan that you can pause the game at any time (that he believes talking to an npc effectively does so as well) and restart by unpausing.
If in a group however, any one player pauses you all and any one player unpauses you all. So if you pause and go afk and they unpause you’ll be coming back (more than likely) from your afk dead.