[FAJ]

How about the ultimatly ambiguos we stormed the castle!

o really? what happened? who died, any of my commanders die?

..."we captured the fortress!"

I dont like watching every damned battle, especially when i have many commanders casting spells that take a long time (flying shards, fire flies etc) when they cast them every round. Some battles can take upwards of 10-15 minutes!

I think the change the messages for battles is a good one. "We defeated or we lost against so and so" would be nice.
...or maybe just make it so when you put your cursor over the message, it show the whole message in a pop-up box that goes away when you move your mouse again.