Well, considering the changes to Eververse in September, I'd like to see Cores be rewarded every time we leveled up much like Motes of Light in D1. We will no longer level up for Bright Dust. I mean, I don't understand how people struggle with cores in this game as it is unless they only play like 1 hour a week. But I see that as a fair middle ground. Especially with the concept of New Light being brought into the fold.

If I learned anything from battering my friends to play Warframe, yes, it definitely will. Unenjoyment from the little things that are tedious push people away from the long enjoyable game

Yep I agree. I normal just wait till my prime engrams or weeklys Drop 750 gear before I go all in with infusion tho. I normal have 30+ enhancement cores saved up. I personally think enhancement cores should just be for master working items.

Actually it won't [quote] "I'm thankful...because now...I know what I must do. I will shred this universe down to its last atom and then, with the stones you've collected for me, create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe." "They'll never know it. [b] didn't always have enhancement cores in the infusion cost[/b] [/quote] . -Thanos, 2019, on new players and their relationship with enhancement cores

Im honestly having more of an issue with glimmer than cores... 5k to attach a mod, 8k to infuse, 2500 per masterwork upgrade, barge chests at 5k. I know it sounds silly but glimmer costs are too damn high

Hell they r hurting everyone except the hardcore no lifers

no? you have 9 daily cores

While this could be an issue, the way I understand bungie’s new direction is the game being designed for those that play it. New light being a peek into the game and hopefully veteran players explaining certain time commitments that will be needed to thrive in the endgame stages. While new light is free, destiny as whole is for the dedicated player.

To this day I still dont understand how people run out of cores I get at least 5-7 per 3-4 hours I play.

[quote]I was playing with one of my friends the other day who hasn't played in a long time, and while we were playing he was inspecting his gear looked over at the infusion option and said "what's an enhancement core?" I have sincere worries about bringing new players into D2 when the year 1 content becomes free to play. It will be hard to have a new player who was curious, but not necessarily interested in the series to keep playing when they have to abandon a cool weapon because they won't have the resources to upgrade that weapon's attack power. Yes they do have avenues to obtain cores in the form of masterworked leviathan gear, gunsmith bounties, and a rare chance from dismantling weapons. But 2 of those 3 avenues require a player to want to play the game enough to go down those routes... My point is even though some of us (including me) have plenty of cores, they could be a turn off for new players come September. TL:DR New players good. Cores bad. Edit: I made this post because my entire friends list had said that they will play this game when it becomes free to play but one of my friends who played this game became disappointed BECAUSE he had to leave his favorite guns behind practically every 5 power levels. He hasn't played the game since he mentioned it. And another friend quit because his 2 favorite year 2 weapons require cores he doesn't have. So I know that this topic will be a determining factor into their interest in playing this game. I know that my friends would enjoy this game, but I don't want them to have this steep price to play how you want. Especially when they play other games that don't demand steep sacrifices early-ish in their time playing. And I AM NOT calling for enhancement cores to be removed, they are simply just a steep asking price for newer players (who would only have 2 or 3 free methods to obtain them) to use their favorite gear. And for those saying they make using gear a meaningful choice. Yes they do kind of. They flow like water for people who know how to farm them and play the game a good amount already and are as scarce as copper for new players. Yes I understand it won't be a problem for them in TIME. But that's way after their first impression has settled. If there was a workaround to where newer players could not be turned off while still providing a meaningful choice for infusion I believe many players would be satisfied. (Perhaps reducing the core cost to 1 or 2 while doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling the glimmer cost since that would still limit infusions but make infusion more pertinent to time invested rather than luck.)[/quote] Try Warframe my dude and call me in the morning.

Just think how those players would feel playing games that don't have an infusion option. They would have to play to get the gear they want at a higher level. I get cores will be an issue fir new players but you should be coaching your new friends so they do not infuse until they absolutely have to. They will also be at the disadvantage of not having all the guns and exotics they need to make an impact on endgame activities, they will have lots of things to play before they need to worry about infusion.

tl;dr waah waaah, waaah waaah waaah waah, waah. Wahh. WAAAAAH!!!! There are so many ways for people to get cores now. They'll be fine.

A new player doesn’t need to infuse, that’s an end game task

Nah, new players will look up the guides that tell you to only infuse mismatching items when necessary, don't infuse every time you get a new piece of gear,etc etc....and will probably end up with more cores than the people who are constantly crying about cores