Yeah, I ended up figuring all this stuff out. My points of 2 & 3 are actually not applicable as I just didn't understand it at first.
Really of those 3 suggestions, only 1 would be helpful because it did take me a second run to learn a couple of things. Just like a "?" tooltip or something that you can hover over.
Also didn't realize how the guide in the top right was organized at first, so probably on me for not reading the whole thing before posting.