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
It's pretty friendly as a testing ground as well. There isn't much of the setting lore in it yet but as far as the combat rules go it catches everything and names it as well so you can begin to learn. As far as builds go you can either work up to things that work or just watch build videos and start from there.
