Was there any explanation as to why the 1.5x penalty over the CP cap was removed on console?

Kammakazi · February 2016

Previously the formula was like this:

((TotalPoints / (Cap ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000
If you were above cap, it would look like this: ((TotalPoints / (Cap ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000 * 1.5

Now after the 26th of January patch, they reduced the required XP for a CP if you were above cap, by 33% which makes the 1.5 multiplier above, just a 1 multiplier.

But why?

hammayolettuce · February 2016

Could it be that people who play everyday for 3-4 hours who were over the cap were getting 1 cp a week of they were lucky?

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NewBlacksmurf · February 2016

Because it serves absolutely no purpose....and many feedback threads discussed how silly a penalty was for something you couldn't use anyways. Honestly, the 502 and beyond should be the same as 501 but who knows...it's all just a slow down method due to lack of content and bugs, quality, VR removal delays, etc.

silky_soft · February 2016

Console doesn't even cry about cp cap, just everything else yet they get the reduction?

flubber77 · February 2016

if u get 1 cp a day or 100 dont make any different, u cant use them.....

Didgerion · February 2016

Maybe no one is farming CP anymore once at 501.

Enodoc · February 2016

@ZOS_RyanRuzich said that there was a bug in which the over-cap multiplier was actually set to x2 instead of x1.5, which was just fixed on console. (source)

However this doesn't quite match up with the numbers, as that would be a reduction of 25% required XP above cap, not 33%.