Yes. Which, in turn, brings up the question: why do we need to be charged Cores for a system that we can entirely skip over? See, it's clear that Cores in Infusion is not a necessary thing and deserves to be taken out purely because of this fact alone. It's a redundant cost that only serves to slow down player progress and forces players to use terrible gear with no synergy just to raise a number that has no meaning besides acting as a content gate.