> I'm confused as to what fun people see in this...
Maybe they treat it as an asynchronous game, closer to academy of heroes or outwitters than to starcraft? That's what I do anyway: look up my options, queue up a few actions, then go do stuff, check back a few hours later. That's how I tend to play on my phone anyway, so it works nicely, and while it's explicit about the gem things it doesn't bash you over the head with it, and you can get gems through achievements.
Maybe they treat it as an asynchronous game, closer to academy of heroes or outwitters than to starcraft? That's what I do anyway: look up my options, queue up a few actions, then go do stuff, check back a few hours later. That's how I tend to play on my phone anyway, so it works nicely, and while it's explicit about the gem things it doesn't bash you over the head with it, and you can get gems through achievements.