To make Master Working easier for the masses that are complaining about it without making the whole process too easy:
When you Masterwork something from [4 - 5] [9 - 12] and you don’t get what you wanted make it that when you hit reset it goes back to the last rank rather than resetting the whole thing.
This will still keep the RNG in play and can still cost alot depending but at least people will feel like there making progress rather than feeling like they go backwards every time they try Master Working their gear.
If you don’t like this idea then at least remove the reset cost when Master Working because its pointless to have