That is what many people would say about Tribes 1 and Tribes 2.
Of course they were wrong because they simply were not willing to take the time and practice.
I see the same attitude evident in the Elite forums where people are complaining the game is "too hard" and "no fun."
It appears to me that more and more of such threads are being created after AC release by newcomers. And most probably this is caused by AC being a little unplayable and to simplistic, where you can master your skills within minutes. These people want to try themselves in ED and then they find out that they cannot master it in a matter of minutes like AC. Hence lots of complaints of ED being too hard.