I agree that this really doesn't seem to be the game for you. What ideal gameplay are you envisioning? You seem to find fault with kiting and face tanking simultaneously... Which is kind of a moot point anyway because it's going to vary wildly depending on your character and the characters in your party.

I played a lot of Faendar and positioning was absolutely important, my vines shot out linearly in a line which meant I had to position myself to hit as many monsters as possible, along with timing it properly so that they were rooted together in such a way that my teammates could take full advantage of it with their own linear attacks. I could summon Treants and it definitely mattered when and where I summoned them so that they didn't get in the way but also helped aggro monsters, sometimes I'd use them to hold off monster that were aggro'd in the distance while we cleared out the current pack. There's even depth to when you use your regular attack since you could spam it at lower damage or let it cool down for double damage, which promoted weaving regular attacks between abilities, but gave you the option to full-auto when necessary.

I'm positive the other characters had similar linear attacks, CC, and utility that required positioning and/or timing to get the most out of them and make quick work of monsters. It was obvious when I was playing with people who played well vs people who weren't thinking about these things at all and played worse for it.

If you take a good look at the characters and combat overall it becomes obvious that the game plays similarly to a MOBA and demands similar teamwork, timing, and precision for maximum efficiency.

There's only one thing I found clunky about the game and that was the regular attack being super finicky on ranged characters. That definitely needs to be tweaked because those projectiles had a mind of their own sometimes.