the only way bungie could justify keeping certain masks behind a pay wall was that it was purely cosmetic. If masks get infusion nodes then they're not purely cosmetic anymore and Bungie would have (once again) overstepped the boundary that the majority of their longtime fanbase is vehemently against.
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So tell me how wearing a goofy looking mask with no perks or stats, that a player could have potentially used in-game resources to earn and used in-game resources to infuse it up to a high light level is pay to win?