Maybe I've missed something, but this one actually offers feedback compared to most. Theres a big difference between an empty spam post and one that offers someone's thoughts and ideas for improvement!

[quote]Some ninjas did their jobs. As a former ninja (not in this forum), I know that they need to manage misbehavior. And spamming the forums qualifies.[/quote] Thanks for the reply. I would hardly call it mischievous or misbehaving. I made the post when the top [b]four[/b] trending posts were about cores. After two days it went up to 40 posts on the main pages been about cores. I never posted again after and totaled one actual post..... It really goes to show how many people hate the current system though.

Me included. Don't get me wrong. I find Bungie's paternalistic "we're keeping the cores because we know what's best for you" attitude quite irritating. I'm just upset with the community for overreacting: you don't clog up the forums with crap just because of an essentially minor matter.

Truth is - now cores are used to upgrade everything. So it’s not really a minor matter. It’s an integral part of the game and build mechanics. You grind to get to the new light level but leave half the gear, items and weapons behind having no resources to upgrade those also. It was never just a case of renaming something, it was a system that was never meant for that purpose and is blatantly shown in the quantity of those materials.

I agree with you. I will shed no tears if and when cores are eliminated as infusion requirements. I simply don't feel that this issue was in the same league as the blatant Dawning cash grab. I approved of that, and even participated. This, I feel, doesn't justify besieging the forums.

[quote]I agree with you. I will shed no tears if and when cores are eliminated as infusion requirements. I simply don't feel that this issue was in the same league as the blatant Dawning cash grab. I approved of that, and even participated. This, I feel, doesn't justify besieging the forums.[/quote] This (in my opinion) more so than the eververse system. Why? Because eververse suffered from the back lash of other games with far worse systems in place at the time. Spending money on micro transactions through eververse wasn’t really an essential part of the game. It was largely cosmetic items. People went full on after the whole EA / battlefront micro transactions stuff and it ended up carrying over into destiny and any other game that were milking micro transactions for all they are worth.

I don't agree. The cores issue was a misguided but sincere effort to encourage players to try new weapons instead of mindlessly pumping them into the guns they're used to. It was, at least, well-intentioned. The Dawning was an effort to get people to do more microtransactions.