Giving this a little bump and to also point out that a dev in a recent Q&A with a streamer (don 't have link handy but it was on Reddit) said that the game is not Ping dependent and everyone (even those with 16 ping) will experience a small delay in shooting in order to balance it for the people with high ping.
Zeal, Wang and Fisk have all been great fleet admirals and have a basket full of knowledge on the game for any new players, the fleets community also does its best to help new players out with ships or the daily grind.
Can't recommend these guys more tbh for new Aussie players and i repeat THIS GAME DOES NOT RELY ON PING AT ALL.