is the actual core game that is developed first, not the other way around.Games such as Call of Duty, Halo 2-4, and AC are designed AROUND multiplayer. If solo play wasn't the core ELEMENT of the BL series, then the SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN would never have been nearly as long, involved, or compelling (notice I said "ELEMENT"? Might want to look that definition up and save time trying to argue against this). Just look at the other FPS's built around MP (again), and look at the single player elements: Hardly even there in comparison. Oh, and btw - Working for a specific reward is one thing..........turning what was MARKETED and PRESENTED to consumers as THE preverbial "Shoot and LOOT" FPS of this generation of FPS games into a boring, lopsided, Korean grind is another entirely. Don't present me what APPEARS to be a beautiful, sweet, ripe Orange and then have me pay a premium for said orange, only to bite into it and taste nothing but SOUR LEMON, and expect me to be acquiescent about feeling conned and misled. The really sad thing this that, everything being said and stated hear GB will not change anything that matters.... they will fix the things they perceive to be of major importance... which in all actuality thus far has turned out to be disappointing across the board IMO.... i do agree this "nerf" was needed to some extent... but so was the loot/drop rate of certain things... (Heads/legendary weapons). This game has