It was a bit lumpy in phrasing.Had to read that a few times to parse it.
I think the only people who really enjoy PP1 right now are those who are happy mindlessly grinding to make numbers go up.
The people in V1 who engage with it really tolerate its flaws because they enjoy the context the meta strategy layer above it provides.
Its this gap that Open fills because then NPCs are irrelevant as other players bring the unpredictability.
Its also this gap V2 needs to fill.