If top D2 streamers are regularly exploiting brother vance for cores (which they do live on stream) there is something fundamentally wrong with the system. It also restricts gameplay and player choice, this is so painfully obvious.

Upvotes are not the end all or be all to a good post. But they are an indicator of public support. Seems like your argument is not supported by that many people. Cores, how you obtain them and how they are used are an issue. Something needs to be done. Period. What that exactly should be is up for debate. Just leaving them as is has as much support as your post does upvotes.

Downvoting is meaningful.

you gonna get hate by crybaby mass( liittle mass)

1: they are not meaningful 2: they only cause pain for players who are at lower level 3: they are not easy to get regardless of what anyone says As someone that rebooted one of my characters just recently I got a grand total of 6 enhancement cores just going through the campaign story’s ... that includes everything from the red war to the forsaken so if someone like me is having trouble with this imagine what new players are going through right now? The system that we had at the start of destiny 2 worked the present system does not #Remove enhancement cores from infusing

And here we have one of the people that probably used the core exploit. I knew they would start crawling out from under the rocks to say this crap. I myself do not have a problem with cores, I do however know many people that do and I’m here for them. The infusion cost is the problem not masterworking

Is this a joke? Cores aren’t “meaningful” they are just another way to grind on this game.

"Infusion" -planetary material -legendary shards -glimmer "Masterworking" -same way it is now. Buch if glimmer, shards and cores. Otherwise "infusion" becomes annoying more that a meaningful choice. But choosing to invest in masterworking a weapon you like should indeed be a meaningful choice, hence why it should stay the way it is and require cores.

I’m wondering if a good amount of these players are just masterworking any guns they like without paying attention to the roll/perks. Because I went through my vault not too long ago and realized that I’ve masterworked guns that didn’t have that great of rolls and later obtained with a great set of perks. I admit that I didn’t start paying attention to details like that until fairly recently. I’m sitting on 80 cores because I’d rather wait for that god roll or close to it.

[quote]-Infusion is meaningful[/quote] Really? What does it **mean**. I want you to explain to me what it means....and how this game benefits by restricting progression and frustrating player choice and power-retention. Take your time. I can wait. [quote]-You should try out different things and have to invest to play with the same items over and over again[/quote] 1. I don't need Bungie micro-managing me to do that....and cores actually PREVENT me from trying out and playing different builds because its too costly to keep them relevant or to experiement with them. 2. You get the same effect wtih the OTHER currencies used for infusion. 3. So why does Bungie insist on cores? Simple. Because cores lets Bungie LIMIT the supply and frustrate people's access to perferred builds...and therefor control play. [quote]-Cores are easy to get[/quote] No they aren't. They don't drop from normal game play. They either require an artificial and absurdly time-consuming grind relative to how many cores are earned. Buy them at absurdly inflated prices designed to deplete the other currencies required for infusion.....or to keep them elusive by hiding them behind multiple layers of randomness. IOW, the entire system has been designed to make cores DIFFICULT to get...and therefore restrict access to infusion. I've done the math. I played 30 hours a week prior to Forsaken. At that level of play I could EASILY maintain 4 seperate builds at end-game levels on each of three characters.....plus have the resources necessary to bring forward situational builds to end game level. I played THAT much. But now...at that same level of play...IT IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EARN THE 200 CORES A **WEEK** I'D NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PLAY THAT SAME WAY. The only way to do it is to resort to the Brother Vance exploit....and I refuse to do that. So please explain to me...HOW IS THIS IMPROVING MY EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME, OR CAUSING ME TO "EXPERIMENT" MORE? Since I've been forced down to only two builds....and just leveling up the game's pinnacle weapons and other god-rolled gear? Once again....take your time. [quote]Masterworking is NOT FOR EVERYBODY[/quote] Yep...But infusion needs to be....or you break the game. Which is why manking masterwork cores part of the infusion economy was one of the dumbest game design ideas I've seen in 20 years. Because Bungie's goal was to try to manipulate me into playing even more. ...and its had the effect of making me play less. A LOT less.

No it isn't meaningful at all, no matter which way you spin it.

bruh... [spoiler]Do you even read those core posts? There are hundrets of reasons against them. And your "pros" are weak af![/spoiler]

Alright, how much does bungie pay you?