Sadly that pretty much sums up the "storyline" of House Of The Dragon. I have never been particularly interested in watching so called "noble" families squabbling over power and now I remember why, its rather dull. GOT had multiple storylines running parallel, this show has only the 1.

Game Of Thrones had a its fair share of noble squabbles its fair to say but it also had the overall menace from the White Walkers returning from the North while the seven kingdoms was engaging in its usual petty squabbles over who was in charge. They failed to see the great menace approaching ( not so great after all ) and continued to fight amongst themselves.

Also the time jumps makes it very hard to get attached to many of the characters and the actors playing them as they are quickly replaced after a handful of episodes by an older version. For example I loved the actress playing the young Rhaenyra, yet she was gone mid season and the attachment I had developed for the character went with her. Anyway its no GOT to be sure but many will sing its praises simply because its set in the same universe.