The nautiloid was pretty cool, the current truncated much shorter nautiloid is... only okay
I get why the nautiloid was shortened... I get the reasons, but ultimatley its a lot of production quality left on the cutting room floor. so just... put it back...
If you are really worried about the tutorial level being to long, or people being burned out, put a toggle for it in the gameplay settings "longer tutorial" and "shortened tutorial"