So after 10+ flashes, 3 downloads each of DU & Slim GApps, I finally got to the screen to enter my email & password. Previous to this, all I got was unable to connect to Google servers. Also in the setup process, I had several soft reboots, as well as times where i would go back to the start of setup (language choice). Even right before I successfully entered my email, I had entered the email & hit next, to only get the can't connect error, then went back to language selection.
I tried other roms in the middle of the DU flash attempts to make sure they flashed fine, and they did.
I chose to setup as a new device, as I was getting download errors of programs during this process. So I went to PlayStore immediately after reaching the home screen, and tried a random app, and got an "could not be downloaded due to an error (960)."
No idea what is wrong, or if it is just me, but I can't get things to jive on this rom.
update: I finally got 1 app to install (hangouts dialer), but nothing else. I thought installing 1 by 1 might help, but all it allowed me to see was the downloads are restarting. I got up to 79%, then it went back to 0%, and then back up to 79% before the "960 error." I cleared PlayStore data, but same thing.