Basically the players are building planets and attacking other players with spaceships, but I understand your point.
The original game was released sometime 200X and the code was felt 1 to 1 taken over, but is further developed by the developers.
The old ogame players find their way around, of course, but new players must first read in to understand the game and I can understand that this experience leads to the fact that many new players do not like the game and stop.
Some kind of tutorial at the beginning of the game would definitely be helpful.
RE: Suggestion for combat simulation of Steemnova