dmg, On 4/1/2019, I began playing with zero cores. As I deleted them, all 563 cores, at the demand of VERY senior forum members who have been invited to your summits. So, I deleted them all. In the roughly ten days that followed 4/1/2019, I’ve moved from max power level on highest character of low 670’s to full max 700 on one. I’ve accumulated WELL over 100 cores since then, I’ve masterworked my Blast Furnace, I’ve infused to 700 my new warlock exotic gauntlets, I’ve infused numerous other items, mostly same item to same item though. I’m still sitting at roughly 100 cores. From my personal experience, the core economy isn’t overly burdensome. Feel free to pull my history, from deleting my 563 cores until now and publish it, as an example, if you would like.