[Heironeous]

While your tone is a little harsh, I can understand your frustration. I'd much rather play the game that exists than complain about how it should be. If some particular tactic or combination of spells is very effective, use that knowledge to your advantage.

Note that the settings of the game can have a big impact on how it plays out - easy magic/many sites/rich world is a very different beast than difficult magic/no sites/poor world. I like to change up the settings quite a bit from game-to-game just to keep things interesting.