Everyone is overthinking this. On one hand removal isn’t a bad option. Cores would go where they should, masterworking items. On the other people will max out gear quite quickly, leading to boredom (remember CoO? That had more content than Season of the Drifter!) Solutions are the worst part of this conversation. Bungie wants quests, etc. to keep players engaged. Players would rather do more meaningful content. So let’s do it like this: keep cores. Remove quests and milestone core rewards. Make all legendary gear guarantee at least one core when dismantled. I believe that should make everyone a little happier; Bungie can focus on content and lore and we will have more cores than we know what to do with by actually playing said content.