Players at the level cap feel cheated when an update raises the cap

When a game raises its highest level, the players who were already at the top want their effort to count, but handing out a huge number of levels at once breaks the new content. Throwing away their extra play breaks trust. Here is a middle path that stores what they earned and releases it sensibly.

Why this works

Players judge a game by whether their time was respected. Keeping the surplus in a separate store means a ceiling that moves later hands back exactly what was earned, no more, so the change feels like a gift, not a cheat or a loss.

When not to use it

Skip it when you never plan to raise the ceiling, or when a level should mean the same thing for everyone at a given time. A bank there only piles up for nothing. Turn surplus into another reward instead.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• 25 lines of example code with 3 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Players at the level cap feel cheated when an update raises the cap" (read_entry bank-experience-at-the-cap-until-the-cap-is-raised) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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