As someone who is pretty low skill at PvP I've felt generally discouraged from participating for the same reasons that have already been mentioned in this thread.
I won't bother rehashing what everyone else has already said but I will mention one thing about noobtubes: they don't totally ruin balance on other games cause they're limited use, snub core regen is high enough that even if a noobtube completely drained it you wouldn't have the same effect I don't think.
