Guild Wars 2

I’m kind of lost here. 100% vanilla map completion and trying to get enough HP to complete the Elite Specialization traitline.

I went into new PvE maps to get HP through challenges. Turns out I need masteries to reach many of them.

So I start grinding Mastery EXP. But there are few events, many events fail due to the lack of people since many are group events. Single escort events fail because the destination is contested. I’m having an hard time gaining EXP. Then I tried to do map completion, turns out maps are very frustrating to navigate since you often reach the POI/Vista/Wathever you’re trying to discover only to find out you need a certain mastery to reach it, thus making your trip futile. I find myself running the same path over and over since new areas require masteries or I just can’t find my way there.

Then I tried with story missions, but you need masteries to access them. Back to previous point.

So yeah, how the hell do I gain EXP to increase my masteries if I need masteries to do so? What’s the best way to get EXP in HoT maps?