The title says it all: the 5000 levels per crusader cap is starting to hurt, my free play farming runs end up with pretty much 100k levels. I know there is a structural limit to DPS and gold (10^308 iirc) that would need extensive rewriting to be removed, and therefore I am not suggesting to remove the cap, just to increase it. With something like 7500 we would still be VERY far from 10^308, while giving the players that are "stuck" something to do. I have played this game for 326 days, and this is the first time I am actually considering to quit, since there is not much to look forward to. Even some objectives, like tier 2 Teacher's Pet (and tier 3 are way worse in that regard), are utterly impossible with the current level cap: with Kizlblyp as DPSer you can reach the cap at about level 650, and after that completing the objective becomes impossible (even with clicking builds and copious use of buffs), because monster HP increase dramatically while your damage remains the same. What's the point of having an objective that can't be completed because of a structural limit of the game, regardless of how much farm you have?

I wonder, how many users are in a situation where level cap can actually hurt? CNE has always stated that they are a minority, but since they added farming-boosting talents I'm not so sure they are anymore...

It is relatively easy for me to hit it, at least with the first 5 or 10 crusaders, not to soon after I hit my first soft wall. I had a tank formation set up, and maxed out Gorklok and Jack O' before I even had to stop and farm. It was quite frustrating. I currently am on day 353.

I'm still a few days short of 250 game days, but I am not even close to the level cap. I usually get to the wall around 2k 2.5k with Nate/Kiz during Free Play. And I think, CNE either knows or thinks that the majority of players, even with about 200 or 250 days on their belt is also not close to this cap. Don't compare the users voicing their concern to the overall mass of players which is a lot higher.

However, I feel your pain. It even feels like CNE doesn't take care very much about the high rollers. And I hope, there's something to come rather soon.

agree with Teschio, developers have to get their shit together on this

I feel not even new talents can make the game interesting again. Farming idols to increase talents that increase DPS is all fine and good, except when you already reach a hard wall... then farming becomes pointless. Right now, I am still going through the motions, in the hope that my idols will be put to good use soon, but I don't know how much longer this will last.

I agree with Teschio.

Erika is hopeful for level cap increase on crusaders and talent level increase. See it on Erika's Weekly AMA 15.

To change such a major thing as the way numbers are stored is not a trivial thing, and therefore I think that in this game, Crusaders of the lost idols #1, nothing like that is going to change. look forward to a new game.
similar to saying, lets change bushwhacker 2 from being a flash based game to an html5 based game. not going to happen.

I have problems to reach area 600 and higher, because most of my crusaders are on level 5000. I have just stopped Free play 'Idols Through Time' in area 580 and 582, because my main DPS had reached 5000 and the team did not want to really increase the total DPS.

I vote for higher level cap. If not 10,000, at least 9,999 should do it (and as the latter has 4 digits as well as 5,000, it should not present too many problems for the devs.)

Erika says the level cap for the update will come but nothing public to announce.
The extensive rewriting happened in Clicker Heroes to handle higher than 10^308.