just a update on this issue i believe the cap was increased if only a little. i have played since launch and hit the xp cap everyday (except the first because of server issues) and i have noticed a slight increase in my play time. Although at first i was enraged at the fact of the existence of a xp cap after playing for the past couple of days i have realized in order to hit the xp cap everyday i have to commit somewhere between 8 to 12 hours a day to halo. (not using doulbe xp… i don’t like mountain dew). Now honestly unless you are in some fashion crippled or unable to leave your house this is a extreme amount of time to play halo. So i believe that with there being an xp cap it is set at a perfect level to prevent boosters.
That being said i do not think it is right that 343 limits individuals ability to play as much as they would like. especially on the weekend when most gamers are sitting at there tv’s for 48 hours! also i have noticed that the xp you get during a game is not actually dependent on how well you do!!! if you sit there and do nothing for the whole game you will still earn someone between 2000 to 3000 xp. If you were trying to prevent boosters i don’t see how giving everyone the same amount of xp during a match regardless of how much they contributed is going to do this! I have been in several big team slayer matches where 2 to 3 players didn’t move the entire game. Please if anyone at 343 reads this please fix this you should get a certain amount of xp based on how well you contributed to your teams over all score.
In a attempt to make this a little shorter i will finish this by saying, that although i see your reasoning behind the xp cap it does limit those legitimate players like myself on there play time. No other game to my knowledge has ever done this and i appreciate the attempt to keep our levels legitimate but you are severely hindering your games enjoyability. If you truly want to prevent boosters maybe giving everyone the same amount of xp regardless of there contributions is probably not the best way to do this! (duh)
One more thing i did happen across someone that you banned for boosting and i would like to say thanks for monitoring your game more than other games do and keeping it fair! unlike other games (CoD)
should i have just emailed this to 343 as a argument to get rid of xp cap? idk no one seems to like this thread! lol
Issue isn’t with disliking the thread, it’s that there are so many more already about it. Yeah, we get it, XP cap is no fun, but we need to concert our efforts in one thread if we want to get it heard. Sitting at SR-45 for several SpOps and Matches today because of it, but I’ll live 'cause I actually like this game, not the number below my spartan.
i think we all agree on this issue and I am sure they are aware of this issue. But when i cap out i don’t want to play at all so that if i complete a challenge or commendation i don’t miss out on the xp.
And i agree with you but i believed this thread to be different because most the others i saw were just either just just flat out hatred of it or people saying other people needed to get lives. i was simply trying to take a more mature stance on it rather than the constant back and forth. also im bored cause i hit my cap for the day 
> i think we all agree on this issue and I am sure they are aware of this issue. But when i cap out i don’t want to play at all so that if i complete a challenge or commendation i don’t miss out on the xp.
im in the same boat and it drives me crazy
> > i think we all agree on this issue and I am sure they are aware of this issue. But when i cap out i don’t want to play at all so that if i complete a challenge or commendation i don’t miss out on the xp.
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> im in the same boat and it drives me crazy
I know that feel as well, I intentionally didn’t play anymore SpOps because I’m painfully close to some enemy and vehicle commendations last I checked, I need like 2 more wraiths, XD
i know what you mean its only 9 pm here and i hit xp cap at 7 pm i would normally still be playing with friends right now but cant because i don’t want to lose hard earned xp
I as most of you agree that something needs to be done with the xp cap. I too have hit it everyday while playing w/ various friends and then i don’t want to play anymore b/c i’m no longer receiving what i earn. I tried playing after cap one day, received around 5 different commendations, and then never actually receiced the xp for them that day (due to cap) or the next day (hoping commendations would role over) which got me upset b/c there goes around 8k in commendation xp down the drain 
So my suggestion to solve our little xp cap issue would be to: instead of having a xp cap on a 24hr period, have a cap on a 12 or 6 hr period. This way instead of forcing someone off the game for the rest of the day (especially on the weekend when you want to play more), you only force them to take a little bit of a break. This way less people are actually hitting the cap b/c most people’s play time would probably overlap with two of these periods and it still cuts down on “boosters” (not like there are many ways other than AFK to boost anyway). This way you also keep your community happy and playing and not upset and rage quiting b/c they hit some stupid cap that ruins their plans for the night.
If anyone has any further ideas on this or see a flaw with its logic, please reply. I’m more than happy to hear your suggestions on what you think should be done about the xp cap rather than blunt statements about how great/stupid it is. If you think either way, explain why. Otherwise how can anyone’s idea be taken seriously?
I can see two problems with your plan:
1st: due to the short time period between xp resets boosting would be easier than it is currently because you would simply be able to do it more often.
2nd: the only way to successfully pull this off would be to lower the xp cap to the point where you will hit it more often making it even more of a pain in the butt. also say you work all day get home play 3 hours and hit the cap due to it being so low. your screwed until the next day or you would have to stay up to midnight to simply earn the xp you would have normally . making it harder for the average gamer to lvl.
As someone who might play an hour or two a day, I don’t understand the XP cap at all. After level 22ish (which you hit relatively fast), you stop unlocking perks and weapons, and only unlock armor and emblems, aside from the decidedly not game changing specializations. Being level 78 vs level 48 is hardly an advantage in the slightest. Take the XP cap out, let the boosters boost, the people with far too much time on their hands do their thing, and I’ll still be fine.
actually it does make a difference once you hit lvl 50 you begin unlocking specializations which give you special support upgrades and the like making your character more powerful than the people of lower lvl and also giving you more options on how to customize your load out to your play style