Thank you for the detailed review! There's no timing element here, and that dragging 30% of the time is very odd - not sure what's up with that (do not see on my end either). Maybe the web version is screwing up there somehow - I can upload a ZIP version later once it's allowed to upload again if still interested! But thank you for the very kind words (Pranjal will be happy to see the art comment!)!
We wanted some FTUE and handholding generally - specially with objectives to guide the initial bits (as well as create win conditions), but didn't have time so just decided to put everything in tooltips - was the cheaper solution.