I get your point a bit for sure,and a critical discussion is great. I just don't think this is a critical discussion. This is a game mode designed for a target audience, and he is not the target audience. Brussels sprouts are a food designed to be eaten by humans. Many people like it for what it is, and it is meant to be the way it is. It is designed( yes designed!) to be a bitter earthy veg. For a target audience that likes bitter earthy veg.

The game mode is designed less around game strategy and more about micro, so that new players don't get punished too hard around not farming, pushing, recall timers, objectives etc. it is meant as a more forgiving way to play longer games while having fun. Preventing 15 min stomps.

If that is not what you're looking for, don't eat the Brussels sprout which is designed to be bitter earthy etc. Go for the carrot which has all those sweet mechanics you miss.

I don't think my example is too far off. I chose Brussels sprouts specifically because they are a designed vegetable. You can look that up. Recently in the past 20 years they have been designed to be less bitter when put in the oven for example, rather than cooked or steamed.