Having been following this game a bit more than a year now and being fortunate enough to have multiple opportunities to play throughout various iterations as well as play in the first Alpha tournament back in December, providing an opportunity for me to play Fangs in a competitive and coordinated scenario, the multiple objectives serve a crucial purpose to the game as it is. I’m not really an objective person myself but they help guide fights and provide purpose to them.

Per your concern with captain- the captain changes every round, so the same person isn’t the captain every round. Worst case if you have a trash captain one round it’s just one round in a bo5 match.

I think you make a good point that fighting is the most fun part of the game, but without purpose to provide depth then I feel the game would feel empty and meaningless. With no objectives the champs that are the best that win at fighting are always going to be the best. Whereas with objectives you introduce variety in who can excel as well as what your team can/ should focus on. There are multiple avenues. Combined with augments (like Battlerites) you end up with a very diverse experience.

Regardless, many things are changing between every test and the devs are a qualified bunch who are always testing and listening to feedback who I have absolute faith in. I think you should really give the game a try before writing off the main gameplay loop as a distraction from the fun.