honestly, i agree with you. I'm really tired of them locking basic things like this behind stupid grind walls. Why do i need to grind out Microphasic Dalattice or Etheric Spirals for upgrade cores? What do i need to grind out Helium Filaments to obtain a single Enchantment Prism? Why do I need Enchantment Cores for both Enchantment Prisms and Upgrade Modules? The grind is getting ridiculous here, it's like these Developers don't understand the difference between a enjoyable task to a chore. If the developers need help understand how to improve the game then i'll spell it out for everyone. If most of my time is spent searching for materials rather then doing Strikes, Nightfalls, Raids, Campaigns, or whatnot. Then your game design choice is badly designed. This is a Video Game, not a job. The player is suppose to be enjoying themselves, not having to spend HOURS searching around maps for materials when they can be doing things that are enjoyable. It also doesn't help that the game isn't designed to be a crafting/ scavenger hunt game as the things that make that stuff ENJOYABLE isn't there in this game. Bungie, you either need to fire whoever is making these calls or you need to have a serious internal discussion on what is enjoyable and what's just straight up badly designed and the requirements for "Upgrade Materials" is one of them. You want me to keep my gun and upgrade it? Fine, i'll love to do that. But the requirements for the materials necessary for doing such a thing makes such a task the most tediously and unnessarily grindy and just straight up poorly designed and gives the players more frustration than satisfaction as i know this is prob why you made it so difficult. well back to just trashing everything i get and never EVER bothering to upgrade them. Cause why bother.