I play a few hours a night after my daughter goes to sleep. (Roughly 3 to 5 depending). I do all my scrappers, buy 2 from spider everyday, do any weekly that gets me cores, and I am very smart with how I infuse. (Aka Infusing like items for glimmer only and waiting until the end of the week etc etc). And yet I'm not sitting on a stack of cores. :p Thats most peoples issue. So tell me again how you're not being an elitist? Removing cores from infusion and having them for only masterworking weapons and armor would NOT IN ANY WAY negatively impact you and your gaming. You only want to keep them around for the sole purpose of being an elitist. It wouldn't negatively impact you in ANY way shape or form.