[quote]90% of games have a method to improve/get better gear[/quote] Yes, and they all involve SIMPLY PLAYING THE GAME. The Gunsmith bounties are a small step in the right direction. But only a small step. However fixing cores-for-infusion will trivialize Masterworking by making it too easy and too common. Which is why they need to be removed from the infusion economy. I've been infusing regularly....and its not a lack of cores (I've got over 60) that is limiting me this Season. ITS RUNNING OUT OF GLIMMER AND PLANETARY MATERIALS THAT'S CAUSING PAIN. Which just shows----once again----that cores are simply UNNECESSARY.