I’m find with an XP cap, obviously if you fix the issue with the double XP tokens being eaten alive even when not earning XP.
Other than that, there is one issue that I can foresee in the future that you haven’t addressed yet, and I’d appreciate a comment on what you think.
What happens if you reach the XP cap, and then you finish a commendation? Or complete a challenge? That XP should still be awarded, even if you reached a cap.
The XP cap needs to be only based on ending game XP. This would still keep people interested in playing online, while not allowing them to increase in XP way too fast.
The only issue I see if you DON’T implement is this scenario that I will play out: I get on my Xbox and start to play halo. I see the daily challenges and notice that I’m almost done with my weekly challenge. So I work towards the dailies, and play a few games. I get those double XP matches, so it goes pretty fast. I get my daily challenges completed, and am about to finish my weekly. I finish another game, probably one more before I finish my weekly. I noticed that I didn’t get XP for that weekly challenge. Oh crap, I hit the cap and the weekly challenge resets the next day.
At this point, there is no reason to finish it, because you won’t get any XP for it, and you just wasted the opportunity to play the playlists you liked, or get a good score, because you were trying to get an achievement.
TL:DR Fix the XP cap! This is done by making ALL Challenges an Commendations not apart of the daily XP cap. This will allow people to finish weekly commendations/challenges and still be rewarded, even if they aren’t earning XP on that game.
Do we know if the games eaten by the cap are being restored somehow or are they just gone for good?
the XP eaten by the cap is gone for good… source… m friend just got back on and no extra XP after plaing for the fun of it 
… im on a cap too now
They said that the double XP was fixed, but haven’t said anything about recompense. So I doubt it.
stop crying about the XP cap this game is so easy to rank up in you will be 50 in no time i have seen a few level 47’s allready
I’m not “crying” about the XP cap. This is an issue with the whole concept. What’s the point of doing challenges if you’re already capped because of just playing? Why work towards a goal if you know you don’t get rewarded for it after all? They need to have a separate bonus to XP that doesn’t get capped, mainly for challenges and commendations. You shouldn’t be hindered for doing something difficult and achieving that goal you’ve set.
I completely agree with you Red, i dont particularly mind the cap, we will all eventually reach SR130 at some point, but like you said, it bothers me too about the commendation XP not getting added, im playing right now “for the fun of it” and im completing challenges and comendations and its not getting added on at all, thats whats annoying me right now, unless they fix this… i see my copy of Halo 4 gathering dust very soon
you should not be playing for challenges, XP or achievements just play for fun
How long can the fun last for when there is no insentive? yeh i am enjoying still playing and winning even though im not getting anything for it, but im really getting bored now and im already pondering in trding this in for black ops 2
> we will all eventually reach SR130 at some point
i thought max was SR50 lol no wonder people are crying about XP cap
SR50 for spartan IV, then every specialisation has 10 ranks leading all the way up to 80, so 50 + 80 = 130 
The issue is not having an incentive to continue to play once you reach the XP cap. This would allow people to keep playing even though they aren’t earning any XP for doing so.
As far as people saying “just play for fun” you obviously don’t understand the whole concept of video games, if you think that only casuals play them.