Regardless of how “easy” it is to get cores as echoed by people in here who are at home in my Mute list, it’s just an unnecessary and artificially time inflating gameplay mechanic. So maybe people will have more fun playing with whatever gear they’ve earned whenever they want? So what if people want that +1 light from an infusion? So what if people want to infuse something the way it’s been for the majority of Destiny 1 and 2? Players should be GIVEN more freedom and choice in games not have it taken away or placed behind hurdles or obstacles for no logical reason. I swear people want the game to be so grindy, so difficult, so unrewarding, so time consuming, so unfair, and so utterly unplayable for their almighty epeen. It’s a GAME. It’s supposed to not be like the real world. You know, that place where you have to work and pay taxes and stuff. B U M P and feel free to say some dumb shit about how great these cores are so I can mute you.

Here's how a typical session starts for a player like me, who did not come into Forsaken with a core stockpile and does not usually have more than ten at a time on hand (and most times none): (1) Log in to do a Milestone or two (2) Looks at how low my cores are, heads to Tangled Shore (3) Buys 2 cores at Spider's extortion pricing scale (4) Spends the next 90ish minutes grinding up ghost fragments to buy Spider Bounties (5) Buys bounties, spends the next 90ish minutes finishing said bounties for a few more cores (6) After a good three hours in, can now go play what I wanted to play in the first place. This just allows me to keep preferred weapons current across three characters (I still have to use hobo armor instead of what I want to wear). infusion system sucks, it's boring, it takes significant fun out of the game. And it is BY NO MEANS "[i]meaningful[/i]". Cores need to be removed from infusion. I will close by pre-emptively answering the most common comments/questions to a post of this nature: 1) No, I'm not going to do the trick where I buy simulation seeds to go get gear to smash to come back to Spider, etc etc etc. If you need to design your own system to beat the system in place, the system in place is garbage. 2) Sorry, I prefer to use the weapons I enjoy over any old crap that drops. Why? Because this is a game and is meant to be for fun. Using a side arm and a sniper instead of gear I like solely for the light level is not fun. 3) No, I will not smash the few Masterworked weapons in my vault from Year 1 for cores. In point of fact, I use cores to bring them current so I can use weapons that are Masterworked. With the current economy Masterworking something new is impossible. 4) I play as much as I can, so no I will not "play more". I have a fulfilling life outside of the digital walls of this game. 5) Scrapper bounties? You mean the extra random PVP bounties that always seem to drop when I smash a legendary? Yeah, I toss those. My play time is already spread too thin hunting HVT for cores. I'm not going into the Quickplay Luna Fest for a core. I know there are PVE Scrapper Bounties, but RNG seems to want me to go be cannon fodder instead. 6) Stop whining? I will, [u][b]when enhancement cores are removed from Infusion.[/b][/u]

I get tired of reading comments that support this crappy system that basically say, "you're doing it wrong." No, I'm playing the way I want to play, which means upgrading my current gear as I get more powerful drops. I'm not interested in wearing gear with crappy stats just because it's a higher ilvl, and I'm pleased with my weapon loadout as it is, thank you very much. This infusion system is only made worse due to random gear rolls. Do you love that near perfect god roll weapon you have? Yes? Well, guess what? Bungie doesn't care and wants you to suffer as you climb all the way back up to the new cap. I for one, REJECT this lousy infusion system. I swear, sometimes I think these game devs enjoy making the game as painful as possible to play. BTW, how's that return playerbase, Bungie?

Enhancement cores have nothing but a negative effect upon the game, there isn't an up side, removing them can only be positive for the game.

yes, this game sucks

What really is funny is I broke down two duplicate Exotics that I had and guess what?? No cores dropped from them. 10 minutes later broke down a legendary grenade launcher and got a core! Figure that one out? The entire infusion system is just ridiculous now!

God this community is full of pussy’s who defend bungie for their dumbass decisions. Like do you honestly enjoy running the same bounties over and over just for one core. Having no cores in infusion won’t affect your hardcore grind in anyway so why not let us have this one.