In the spirit of comparing this game to M&B, I think this game is desperately needing a log button that brings up a list of all the messages that have played on the strategic map, this is quite important because these messages disappear whenever you interact with anything on the strategic map.
I have went through two instances when a list of urgently marked messages (playing a mod, but I assume it would eventually become important as more stuff happens on the strategic map) coloured appropriately come up from the bottom of the screen only long enough that I register that they are important but not long enough that I actually read through them.