I remember when I first started Pvping. I looked up guides, read through the relevant forum threads and asked others on my FC to show me the ropes BEFORE I even stepped foot in Frontlines. I wouldn't even imagine heading into ranked play where me being a novice could potentially cause others negative results. I feel that Frontlines is the perfect place for learning how to PvP. It's far and away a more friendly environment for newcomers and your mistakes are weighed far less in their overall effect on the match.

Is that too much to expect from new Pvpers strolling on into Feast in stacked acc gear, breaking boxes on monks and not even having Purify on their bars? And then their shocked and outraged when someone sprinkles some salt on their corpse?

I think it's total nonsense that it's expected they are coddled and be provided an insulated special snowflake chamber.