This is hilarious, there is no such thing as a destiny "hard core" player. This game was made for people who couldn't hack it in a real MMO, or for those that never tried an MMO style game to get their feet wet. So congrats to those who feel they made it as king if the casuals. You want to see people leave quick? Take away the glimmer cap, introduce an auction house, take away xur, take away iron banner and make the gear and weapons truly count in pvp, as in higher level players should have question marks pop up when too low of levels run across them. REWARD ONLY PLAYERS THAT DO WELL in PVP and PVE, not the bottom feeders, this would give Rhyme to the reason of 'I earned this'. In conclusion hardcore does not equal elitist, elitist, however, does mean douche bag (at least in destiny terms) don't be an elitist.