Does it ever get better?

I am having difficulty wanting to proceed with this game. I enjoy most things about it. I like the lore, graphics are solid and the player building is insane.

However, the combat is just sucking the fun out of the game. I go into battles and there are times where players with miss EVERYTHING ROUND AFTER ROUND AFTER ROUND. In my most recent fight, I used grease and the NPCs have fallen and 3 of my characters missed 4 straight rounds of attacks. That is just not fun.

I understand its a dice-roll game. I get that, but jesus combat just is just a SLOG.