I started with Sommer with the game and it gave me an appreciation for the game from a different perspective. That being, the hilarity of things like "oops", "yall watch this", "git yer bro", "Stick em in the ass" etc. I rarely ever won, hell I don't think I ever did 'til I read up on tactics like the alpha stank and the pig boomerang.
For a younger guy tho, I wouldn't. I find that youngins enjoy Guild to start, as it gives them massive damage on a point and shoot/slash without having to over think it. Once they get their head around tactics also, venturing out is easier.