I just ran through the tutorial for the first time (because why not?).  And then I jumped into a ranked match.  I was paired with Skully, but there were two very interesting problems:

First, my name showed up (to me) as Neophyte, and Skully showed up as "Haalee AI".  Ok, not a huge problem, but confusing.

Second, I started without an engineer.  I was able to build one and continue the game, but I was still rather surprised by this.  I'm not sure, but I don't think Skully started with one either.

I then attempted a skirmish, and the name problem persisted.  I forget whether I had an engineer or not.  I restarted Ashes, and the problem seems to be fixed.