I'm going to be the naysayer here. Skinning misses feels like a bandaid that doesn't get at the heart of the problem, which is that combat is boring. For me, part of the reason that combat is boring is because I spend too much of the time watching everything animated out when I really just want the germane information quickly and then move on. I can imagine an attack missing all on my own - I don't need a computer to show me. I'd like less animation, not more.
