People don't want to grind for cores, I don't think people will want to kill 6,500 things to masterwork a gun. I got 250 cores, I'm fine with it as is.

Original D1 had you use a gun to unlock all the nodes. Late in D1 you could bypass the process with motes. Seemed like a fine system to me.

People don’t talk about it much anymore but unlocking perks from kills on a weapon was one of the better things d1 has. I’ve always hated how perks were just unlocked in d2. I liked it back and could get behind this as well.

Gonna Spam this - as i need people to see. i edited it. - apologies I reworded this - had a brainstorm / fart. Masterworking will work in Tiers. Tier 1 – 3. (LEGENDARY WEAPONS ONLY) Masterwork per Tier is broken up per Weapon Type (Primary – Special – Heavy) Each Tier will have its own Challenges in order to Advance to the next Tier. Each Tier Step & Tier completed will have a certain Reward. Each Tier can be Fast Tracked with Enhancement Cores. Once a Weapon is Masterworked T1 -T3, the Cost of Infusion is drastically reduced the more the weapon is Masterworked. You can Re Roll your Weapons Stat Prior to Starting your Farming with an Enhancement Core. 1) 1 x Core = Random Stat Select 2) 3 x Cores = Next in Line Stat 3) 5 x Cores – Specific Stat Roll of your Choosing. [i][b]Ammo Weapon Types (Tier 1) Kill volume[/b][/i] [b]Primary [/b]  Hand Cannons = 500 Kills per 20%  Scout Rifles = 250 Kills per 20 %  Auto Rifles = 500 Kills per 20 %  Pulse Rifles = 500 Kills per 20 %  Sidearms = 100 Kills per 20 %  Submachine Gun = 150 Kills per 20% [b]Special [/b]  Fusion Rifles = 150 Kills per 20%  Shotguns = 200 Kills per 20%  Sniper Rifles = 50 Kills per 20%  Single Shot Grenade Launchers = 50 Kills per 20% [b]Heavy[/b]  Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers = 50 Kills per 20 %  Rocket launchers = 25 Kills per 20 %  Linear Fusion Rifles = 50 Kills per 20%  Sword = 20 Kills per 20% [i][b]Ammo Weapon Types (Tier 2) Specific Kills Required[/b][/i] [b]Primary [/b]  Hand Cannons = 100 Critical Kills per 20%  Scout Rifles = 100 Critical Kills per 20 %  Auto Rifles = 100 Kills per 20 %  Pulse Rifles = 150 Kills per 20 %  Sidearms = 80 Kills per 20 %  Submachine Gun = 40 Kills per 20% [b]Special [/b]  Fusion Rifles = 100 successive Kills of 3 or more per 20%  Shotguns = 200 successive Kills of 3 or more per 20%  Sniper Rifles = 80 Successive Kills of 2 more per 20%  Single Shot Grenade Launchers = 20 Successive Kills of 2 or more per 20% [b]Heavy [/b]  Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers = 25 Multi Kills per 20 %  Rocket launchers = 25 Multi Kills per 20 %  Linear Fusion Rifles = 20 Precision Kills per 20%  Sword = 25 Multi Kills per 20% [i][b]Ammo Weapon Types (Tier 3) Specific Kills Required + Challenge[/b][/i] [b]Primary [/b] The following can be accomplished with - 5 Guardians Defeated in the Crucible or 1 Invader Defeated in Gambit (assists do not count, no penalty or regression system for losing) = 20% Progress  Hand Cannons = 15 HVTs or 5 Bosses defeated with Crit shots 20%  Scout Rifles = 10 HVT Kills or 5 Bosses defeated per 20 %  Auto Rifles = 30 HVT Kills or 10 Bosses defeated per 20 %  Pulse Rifles = 20 HVT Kills or 10 Bosses defeated with Crit Shots per 20 %  Sidearms = 5 HVT or 8 Bosses defeated per 20 %  Submachine Gun = 5 HVT Kills per 20% [b]Special [/b] The following can be accomplished with - 5 Guardians Defeated in the Crucible or 1 Invader Defeated in Gambit (assists do not count, no penalty or regression system for losing) = 20% Progress  Fusion Rifles = 100 successive Kills of 3 or more per 20%  Shotguns = 200 successive Kills of 3 or more per 20%  Sniper Rifles = 80 Successive Kills of 2 more per 20%  Single Shot Grenade Launchers = 20 Successive Kills of 2 or more per 20% [b]Heavy [/b] The following can be accomplished with - 5 Guardians Defeated in the Crucible or 1 Invader Defeated in Gambit (assists do not count, no penalty or regression system for losing) = 20% Progress  Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers = 25 Multi Kills per 20 %  Rocket launchers = 25 Multi Kills per 20 %  Linear Fusion Rifles = 20 Precision Kills per 20%  Sword = 25 Multi Kills per 20% [b]T1 Breakdown (NOVICE): (Primary)(Secondary)(Heavy) - (T1 General Boost + 5% Orbs + 15% Glimmer per Kill) – Kill Volume Based – Requirements differ per Weapon Type & Ammo Type – Infusion Cost Reduced by 10 %[/b] 20% = +5 Stat - (Advanced) = Reward 5000 Glimmer 40% = +8 Stat - (Enhanced) = Reward 8000 Glimmer 60% = +12 Stat (Adept) = Reward 10,000 Glimmer & 25 Planetary Materials 80% = +15 Stat (Expert) = Reward 15,000 Glimmer & 40 Planetary Materials 100% = + 20 Stat. = Reward (Masterwork) or 25,000 Glimmer and 100 Planetary Materials & 10 E.C [b]T2 Breakdown (SKILLED): (Primary)(Secondary)(Heavy) - (T2 General Boost + 15% Orbs + 25% Glimmer per Kill) – Infusion Cost Reduced by 20 %[/b] 20% = +5 Stat - (Advanced) = Reward 5000 Glimmer 40% = +8 Stat - (Enhanced) = Reward 8000 Glimmer 60% = 3,000 kills gets you +12 Stat (Adept) = Reward 10,000 Glimmer & 25 Planetary Materials 80% = 4,000 kills gets you +15 Stat (Expert) = Reward 15,000 Glimmer & 40 Planetary Materials 100% = 5,000 Kills gets you + 20 Stat. = Reward (Masterwork) or 25,000 Glimmer and 100 Planetary Materials & 10 E.C [b]T3 Breakdown (MASTER): (Secondary) (% Based on Weapon Type, Accrued % Differ per special weapon Type) – T3 General Reward gain on Kills (Select Perk – Orbs / Matterweave / Shards / Glimmer) – Infusion Cost Reduced by 30%[/b] 20% = +5% Reward Gain per Kills - (Advanced) Reward 1 Core. 40% = +8% Reward Gain per Kills - (Enhanced) Reward 3 Cores. 60% = +12% Reward Gain per Kills (Adept) = Reward 5 Cores. 80% = +15% Reward Gain per Kills (Expert) = Reward 8 Cores. 100% = + 20% Reward Gain per Kills (Masterwork) = Reward 15 Cores. Note: - Infusion Cost perks stack if weapons are equipped whilst infusing. If you have x 2 Tier 1’s = 20% less infusion to infuse into a Heavy if you have a weapon to infuse with.

I wanna know what I get for my 38k Fighting Lion kills 😂

1k kills is a bit excessive. Maybe 500 but over a thousand? Long time to be stuck with one gun.

No

No. Play the game.

I got a better idea, well Imo I do. How about this company for once in the 5 years learn how to not change things that are not broken and learn to work with what actually works for the game so it can actually move forward and not backward's? This is not me hating on Bungie, this is actually a serious question. Think about this for a moment about what I'm about to say. If Bungie gave a heads up before they changed the infusion system asking for feedback from the player base, would they have had other options, ideas, suggestions, etc... like yours to work with that could have given them actual feedback that could have worked out for both Bungie and the player base? See, literally, the day the infusion system was changed just this forum alone was pissed off. Not because they changed the infusion system, it was how they poorly went about it when adding the new infusion system. [spoiler]Bungie deliberate way overpriced Spider, they deliberately left limited options to collect them, and the amount to infuse items as well was overdone. Also if I'm correct they boosted them for a second time to infuse items.[/spoiler] Personally, I wish they would stop playing this game that has been going on for 5 years now. Added something new without getting actual feedback from the player base that leaves just this forum alone constantly giving Bungie Ideas, suggesting or whatever after the fact when all of this could be as simple as just this company asking for feedback before making changes. Simple logic, yet it is so hard for this company for some dumb reason.