Personally, I don’t think the party needs to move around in formation at all. The only time it matters is the very start of combat, so it might be easier if characters just quickly move up to position (as well as the terrain allows) before we start taking turns, instead of freezing miles behind whoever is in the lead. Got used to giving everyone time to catch up when moving into new areas though.
+1 for not having everyone run through the cloud of daggers or whatever I’m still casting when it ends.