If I have the game in "Wait mode" while I'm in the menus and whatnot, I crank it up right to max, so when one character's bar is full, I instantly select attack and then pause, thinking of my next move while everyone is frozen in time. For games without a wait mode (which I admit is slightly sneaky) I have it slightly above default. So my mind has some sort of time to think. The reason I loved FFX so much is because you could spend all day thinking over.