I don't care what anyone says, if you're a new gamer or came back after not playing for a few months, the cores are a problem. The game was meant for us to infuse items, not spend a lot of the time playing this game grinding for them and "holding on to them for something special". That's flawed logic knowing most of the gear in this game is not being used. D1 I never had this issue and that is because (Motes of light) that has a multi-purpose. Not everyone plays 24-7 and Bungie wasn't overpricing things like buying from Spider that doubles every time you buy 1. So when gamers say " I have plenty of them" it only shows there really isn't anything to use them on and that is an issue because in D1 I had plenty of gear worth using and Motes of light to use them on that gear. The loot system in this game needs an overhaul because 90% of the gear in this game isn't really being used, and cores should be removed from the infusion and leave them as they were originally created for and that is to masterwork. I mean gamers went from always every year leveling up all 3 characters in D1 to where more are only leveling up 2 the most if not just one.