The same reason one use shaders are a thing, they are refusing to admit they’re wrong about something.

The only thing I can think of is; cores really are not the problem. They are just the first link in a long chain of causality. If they go what stops all the dominoes?

Because they think if we all hit the max light too quick they player base will drop a lot faster. So, their only solution to "fix" that is by making the game even more of a chore simulator. The funny thing is that they're losing a lot of players due to this shit decision. If they really wanted a larger player base they need to address the issues with PVP, the core issues, and other issues like the game literally just being the same boring chores over and over and over and over again. The funny thing is that not even Bungie wants to play their own broken game. I heard them talking about games like Apex instead and how excited they are for it. Are they ever excited for their own game? Nope!