In general I don't think they should be easier, but I do think there should have been 1 more "easy" available in Crystal Oasis for the Raptor 3, since within no time the rest of the content is gated behind it - even the first zone completion. For the ones that say; "But there are tons of Mastery! I've maxed everything until halfway into the next expansion and got 140 left", keep in mind that this is issue only applies to people in a certain situation and having 1 more extra easier one would not harm you in any way, no one is trying to take anything away from you and it will make it easier for a few. Keep in mind that the expansion has drawn new people to the game or returning players that haven't played in a while. This can very easily lead to; a) They might not want to continue on the story right now as they want to play the story from the start/where they left of, this removes the story masteries available.b) If they didn't play, or stopped before, they got the advanced gliding mastery in HoT, that is another point of the board.c) They seemed to have fixed the raptor jump/char screen log out method seen in other guides, that removes another option. Although most people don't had an issue with the above, it's not unreasonable to think that some people cross all these boxes. This leaves you with only two options to get Raptor 3, which you have to get in order to progress further at all;=> Teleport to friend, or;=> Doing an achievement. Now, those are obviously not the end of the world, or any big problem for that matter. Still, as I believe is the point the thread starter tried to get across, it's also not paticularly user or new player friendly. So in all honesty, I also agree that there could have been 1 more click-and-collect Mastery in the first zone - to get the ball rolling.
In general I don't think they should be easier, but I do think there should have been 1 more "easy" available in Crystal Oasis for the Raptor 3, since within no time the rest of the content is gated behind it - even the first zone completion. For the ones that say; "But there are tons of Mastery! I've maxed everything until halfway into the next expansion and got 140 left", keep in mind that this is issue only applies to people in a certain situation and having 1 more extra easier one would not harm you in any way, no one is trying to take anything away from you and it will make it easier for a few. Keep in mind that the expansion has drawn new people to the game or returning players that haven't played in a while. This can very easily lead to; a) They might not want to continue on the story right now as they want to play the story from the start/where they left of, this removes the story masteries available.b) If they didn't play, or stopped before, they got the advanced gliding mastery in HoT, that is another point of the board.c) They seemed to have fixed the raptor jump/char screen log out method seen in other guides, that removes another option. Although most people don't had an issue with the above, it's not unreasonable to think that some people cross all these boxes. This leaves you with only two options to get Raptor 3, which you have to get in order to progress further at all;=> Teleport to friend, or;=> Doing an achievement. Now, those are obviously not the end of the world, or any big problem for that matter. Still, as I believe is the point the thread starter tried to get across, it's also not paticularly user or new player friendly. So in all honesty, I also agree that there could have been 1 more click-and-collect Mastery in the first zone - to get the ball rolling.