Battle is too slow

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Battle seems extremely slow, even comparing it to other turn-based games.

Movement over even ideal terrain is slow,
units take a long time to turn around
it seems like you have to wait a long time for that hit bar to show up.
The hit point numbers float up very slowly

I used to think this was because i had a slow computer, but  it's still almost 
painful on my new one.
I think combat could be just as understandable with much less waiting

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 27 Nov 2007 at 6:07