Yeah, that might be a potential improvement. They did put a really big and mean doorman outside which worked on me, but putting another obstacle there as well like an air vent or climbable wall might have been better.

You can go there before you even get the hover ability, and I totally see how that would be demoralizing.

Yes, that doorman is a pretty bad Idea, because you can beat him. And beating him is not even a matter of skill or ability, but more about luck and whether you can figure out the trick fast enough before you are losing motivation.