Homeworld does space battles better than Stellaris. Total War, Dawn of War, Battle for Middle Earth, Supreme Commander, Mech Warrior all do Ground Battles better than Paradox.

Maybe Stellaris isn't the game for you? I prefer the game in its current state, and the removal of the micromanagement aspects to extent of moving individual pops to a building is a gameplay improvement we are just going to have to disagree on. That is something I shouldn't have to care about, and now that I can't, regardless of how unfitting some might be, I'm not longer shuffling that +5% Mineral guy onto a specific tile.

You won't catch me complaining about wanting to return to that stage.