Quickly pasted from the thread I made on the subject in the suggestions forum.
I like to read, allow 10-20 steps, read, and repeat just to keep up with things as they're happening. Maybe I need to go about things differently somehow, because I've looked and seen no other complaints about this. I just find it incredibly difficult and time consuming to figure out which entities received updates to their combat reports and it's also not always clear which ones are related and in just what order things are happening from one creature to the next.
For example
Squad #1 (Urist McBlah) is fighting!
Dark strangler wrestler is fighting!
Squad #1 (Urist McWhatever) is fighting!
Dark strangler wrestler is fighting!
Dark strangler wrestler is fighting!
Squad #3 (Urist McSplosion) is fighting!
In order to discover that both Squad #1 are in fact attacking the same strangler while one of those soldiers is getting harassed by the other two stranglers, I have to look at every single creatures update screen one at a time and cross-reference updates in my head to match things up and figure it out. Then there's Squad #3 who has taken no actions since last time I looked at him, but I still have to check to figure out that only the top 5 creatures on the list have been updated.
It's possible that I'm missing something, but I've done plenty of searching and found nothing to make it easier.