Normally, most games are fairly intuitive to me. This one hasn't been. I've tried the Campaign, and I can't quite figure it out. It needs a much better tutorial mission that teaches you everything for all the races.
OP, You have accurately described my exact situation. Except at first, after failing to get the pre-order I made over a year ago to appear in impulse, I have apparently bought this beta twice. Before I started the campaign with the same hope it would teach me how to play, I also ooohed and awwed at the wonderful map creator that will help me in play-by-post RPG games, as it draws very nice overland maps so if I can screen shot them I can use it fo