If %5 of the population is at 50 - 40 skill level, 30-40 = %20, 20-30 = %30, and the rest %45, approx. If the population has stopped growing as fast as when halo3 first arrived, which i believe it has, then for some to rise in skill level means that someone else will have to drop in skill level. Not everyone can be 40-50, just like not everyone can be millionaires, other wise the economy will stop, inflation would go through the roof, no one would have to work. It seem everyone is fighting to get into that %5 elite, but do not realise that its %5 for a reason, all the %5 `s are fighting among each other to stay , and the rest are fighting to reach that %5, Back to my original arguement, it would be alot easier to reach the high skill levels at the first release date than it is now. And the reason the system does not work is because the skill level stops at 50, if everyone was only allowed to make £50,000 then the economy would be more complex also. Not taking anything away from the 1% percenters.