also the points system could be confusing for newcomers
You have a specified amount of points meant to represent your airframe's tonnage
While determining a loadout, you have to spend Ordnance Points in order to mount things
This is to represent the fact that your plane cannot carry ten autocannons in every pylon because that would be silly
It's really not the most complicated system in the world. Although I can see where this might be confusing.
At least we're not rolling dice.