Going from 4 builders then a finisher to 2 builders then a finisher which probably crits and also now Adrenaline rush is about to come off cooldown is actually a really good payoff. The gameplay gets very fast and it’s all in all quite fun.
I’m also not sure how you connect “rolling dice for buffs” and “lame and lackluster game design”. Are you trying to say that if you were “taking different steroids for buffs” it would be better design?