Out of all of the advanced Carmine mechs that Ves imagined, Woodsap mechs may very well be the most forgiving.
Beginners did not have to be held to a high standard.
They could rely on the Hibiscus System to attain immediate combat effectiveness at the start, and slowly learn the more advanced elements of their craft as they trained and fought.
It may still end up taking 5 years or more for the Woodsap mech pilots to truly approach the level of professional first-class mech pilots.
Even then, Ves found it unlikely for them to be able to close the gap entirely.
Sure, the battlefield may be the most effective teacher, but there were many lessons that required systematic learning as opposed to obtaining ad-hoc insights.
Still, even if Woodsap mech pilots would forever remain rough around the edges, so long as their overall combat effectiveness reached an acceptable standard on average, it didn't matter too much in the end.
Ves was accustomed to this approach.
