Hi everyone!

I'm finally going to get a chance to really try to get into Sins this weekend, after it's been sitting on my harddrive taunting me since I downloaded it on release day.

I was able to hop into the game briefly to do the tutorials, but unfortunately I seem to have encountered a problem in the first tutorial - that is, nothing happens. It's just kinda stuck. I'm able to complete the other 3 without a hitch.

Anyway that brings me to my point. While the tutorials that I was able to do walked me through clicking here and clicking there, here's this screen, etc, one gentle criticism I have is that it didn't put it into context for me, really. That is to say that yes, I know where some screens and menus are, but I don't really know the how or why of anything. Something that might help in this department is a tutorial more set into a scenario. Something like the enemy outnumbers you, so you need to raise your fleet cap in order to take them on - here's how to do it!

Sheesh, I'm sidetracking myself. Ahem! The point of this is that I need some help and direction. I had only 20 minutes or so to fire up the game last start, I started a skirmish... and was completely lost. I'd like some early direction from the pros here if I could.

What do I really need to be doing to start? I selected Random and got the advent, so I'm using them as a base. Do I throw down temples so I can research stuff ASAP? Build a capship ASAP (is there any one that's particularly good at the beginning, or others that should be avoided?). What are my early game goals and targets?

Anyyay, some simple, general direction will certainly help. I don't need detailed walkthroughs of what to do, or "build orders" like you'd find in a typical RTS, just a gentle nudge in whatever direction I'm supposed to be going in when the game first starts.

Thanks!