While I enjoy the core gameplay, and have since the very first Puzzle Quest, the amount of time I spend waiting is kinda excruciating. I would love to see a “reduced animations” option that skips the player and opponent attack animations, skips the battle rewards screen, and skips the chest opening and rewards animations.
I would even be a fan of an “auto open chests if possible” option to just breeze past the chest screen as well, but at the very least, jumping straight to the chest screen to make a choice would be nice.
I can see how opening chests can activate the slot machine, dopamine-inducing gambling addiction feeling in some people when waiting for the next item to appear. There would be less suspense; of a rush to see what you (potentially) spent your gems on if it just displayed instantly.