Making the factions only accept Crucible marks is a poor mechanic. Making the quartermasters sell mats is a great mechanic. Your argument can be applied to the people that hate to play PvE. How are they supposed to get the mats to upgrade their gear? Up till recently, they were forced to play PvE in order to get the things required. Same thing with getting to level 30. They have to play PvE in order to meet the goals required for Level 30. There is no single way to get to 30 without PvE. Don't get pissed at Bungie for making the game accessible for ALL players. This PvE/PvP war needs to stop. That is your choice to only play half the game. It is the PvP'ers choice to only play half the game. The rest of us are experiencing the WHOLE game and are not actively complaining about it. Bungie is catering to the people that play the whole game and are expecting people to play the whole game. If you only want to play half of it, then fine. Your call. But don't complain when there is an update that makes you play the whole game, because you're supposed to be.