Or maybe I am mistaken in thinking it is a problem.
Are there errors in Olympia G2s skill progression?
The following are lists of what skills are learnable without research ( easy )
in 3 schools. If G2 is compared with G1 each list has one easy subject that has
been swaped with one researched skill.   And the trades come as a suprise to me.
 
        G2                                         G1
Magic 
   801  Meditate                            9101  Meditate             
   802  Perform common tasks for gold       9103  Perform common tasks for gold
   803  Appear common                       9104  Appear common      
   804  View current aura level of others   9105  View CA of others
   805  Reveal abilities of another mage    9146  Heal                   < ???
Gatecraft 
   861  Teleport                            9116   Jump through gate     < ???
   862  Detect gates                        9115   Detect gates
Forestry
   701  Construct battering ram             9540  Construct battering ram        
   702  Harvest lumber                      9568  Harvest lumber        
   703  Harvest yew                         9569  Harvest yew         
   704  Collect rare foliage                9583  Collect rare foliage
   705  Harvest mallorn wood                9588  Harvest opium          < ???         
It strikes me that the 1st N skills in a school were made to not need
research. But the lists were not rearranged to put the skills in the proper
order.  Since in G1 the 1st N skills were not always the easy skills.
Pierre Pero    pepper@ecn.purdue.edu