Questions before I buy

The dev's keep adding things like area commands and other small stuff to keep microing to the minimum. So I guess the microing problem is becoming less and less of a problem.
The development on the game will probably still take a while though

If you want to play it well you will at least have to invest the same amount of time you would need to put into starcraft to play it well. The amount of micro/macro needed depends on the map size and playlevel. Noobs will play slow as noobs in both games. Pros will use as much apm as they can to improve their efficiency.

The only difference between both games is scale and gameplay