Not beginner friendly. If you are someone like me, I'd like to be able to hop on and play a game like this every now and then and be able to do somewhat well, like I don't know, get 1 kill a game or so, but instead you are paired into a game with 150 players with enough hardcore players to keep beginners in gulag (the second chance prison) or just dead in general. I am not able to play this game all the time, and so it would be super nice if I were playing against people at my level of ability or in the least rank/level, but I find myself getting killed too frequently by players triple to 10 times my level. It's a great game that appeals to addicts. Unless you want a chance at doing somewhat well at this game, you probably should just find a different game.