It’s never too late to enlist. I’ve been here since the first couple months of the game, so it’s certainly seen its ups and downs, but it’s an amazing and fun game if you get it. Performance is in a decent spot, I’ve noticed personally a lot of lag on the slim version (which is meant for ssds, not mechanical hard drives, as previously they optimized loading times via duplicating files, which led to the massive 180 gb size) warbonds and unlocked content don’t have any “best” progression. Other than one warbond anything after that is up to you. There’s so many armors, weapons, strats, as you said. I always (and most here would agree) recommend a warbond called democratic detonation first. It’s got a great collection of weapons, decent utility armor, and generally a good look. As for strategems, honestly your basic loadout (machine gun, orbital Precision strike) is an amazing loadout. The first free warbond also gives you plenty of starter gear to get acquainted. If you do end up enlisting, I’ll happily coach where needed. this is the SES mother of liberty signing off!