As a new Arma player myself, I can honestly say that it was pretty confusing to start...but I think Im finally figuring out the basics after 6 months...not flying yet.
Thats kinda why I tend to shy away from our events, as most of the time I cant figure out how to change the faking radio freq's, or something simple to veterans players, and that kind of complicates what should be a simple walk through. As such, I play on low population coop servers, just trying to get my feet wet, picking up bits and pieces as I go... I think Keed really hit the "nail on the head" when he said:
The answer isn't that we should convince you to play Arma. I would raise the question: Do you want to? Do you have motivation to sit down and learn to get into the game? If not, why waste your time?
I think its worth it...GL mate!