I would just like to post this picture of a guy that just completed the tutorial. http://imgur.com/XSxnb
Wow. It is good to hear this for once. The main message of the tutorial is to READ the Empire Guide. 9 times out of time it answers a new member's question.
its not photoshopped D:. I probably should of added the finished the tutorial part as well, but it was further up and I didn't feel like taking two pictures.
Believe it or not, this is more common than you'd think. It's just that we have a few people in our community that like to make HUGE deals out of the ones that don't and it makes them look like it happens all the time.