Originally Posted by
crasher
To the best of my memory from back then:
You stop getting combat XP after you buy (or have enough perk points to potentially buy) your last perk.
Challenges have their own XP. And stops accumulating at it's own max.
Hotshots have their own XP. And stops accumulating at it's own max.
PVP has it's own XP. And stops accumulating at it's own max.
The 5K (actually more than 5K with the episode pursuits included, but 5K is the display cap) is all of the above combined.
Remember 'Family Meal' menus at Chinese restaurants until the 70's?
Pick one from column 'A', and one from Column 'B', etc.
No Substitutions....
Bonus Trivia: You can't get 'Watercress Soup' at Chinese restaurants, anymore, in my experience.