SE wants you to work for everything. I don't really see a problem with this. If you want it badly enough, work (grind) for it. If you don't, then don't. You don't HAVE to have this.

It's like the people who complained about the atma/animus/Novus grind. It's a reward for the people who really, really want to have something 'different' but not 'necessary'.

These mats are not that hard to get. Coke and the like are relatively cheap on the AH, and getting myth is pretty damn easy now. I went from 0 to 2k in a day just helping friends with stuff, not even really putting an effort to grind it.

It's like they come out with something and people go: waddya mean I can't have it all right now?! You mean I have to complain about how hard it is to get?! I wanted to complain about how EASY it was to get and how everyone did it at the same time and now there's no individuality I'm armor!! Damn it square, get it right!