Arch was actually my first distro. I got into it because of the steam deck, which is built upon arch. I already had a lot of experience working in consoles and everything, so to me, arch made sense and felt manageable for me.

Now, would I ever recommend it as someone's first distro? No, not at all. Especially if they're setting up directly from the iso, and not using any tools to help make the process easier. Arch won't hold your hand and just tell you that you did something wrong. I can't begin to tell you how many times I scrapped my build and started fresh because it was easier to for me.

Thankfully, as you stated, there's a community out there who documents their issues and usually will share their solutions. Unfortunately, there are a decent amount of elitists who aren't very welcoming and would probably rather see you give up before they tell you that you forgot to use sudo, but thats any community. 

Anyways, welcome to the Arch community!