I hope it isn't, but I've met a couple of newbies who basically told me: "I'm sick of getting killed for nothing all the time. I'm done"
I know, CF just isn't for everyone, especially since there is a whole lot of things to learn* (I don't consider me a newbie but still I think I know only about 1/3 of the game**) and if you're getting killed all the time, you are so occupied with regearing you can't learn a lot. (besides how to regear than )
* Which is part of the challenge for me ** or less, for all I know