It has a tutorial that introduces you to a lot of the basic mechanics (e.g. the action economy) but after that it currently dumps you into a sandbox with the rest of the mechanics e.g. character creation. My estimation is that the game as it stands is currently best suited for people:
- new to Lancer looking for an introduction to how combat works before playing with an in-person group
- who are experienced with Lancer looking for a sandbox to test out builds or get Lancing out of their system on their own
- who are down to explore the UI and learn the deeper mechanics though tooltips and experimentation