Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - Help...What level/XP did you finish chapter 1 at?

Jim · 07-31-2002, 09:23 AM

Thanks for the quick reply guys. Firstly, in my experience, using a henchman does reduce your XP for defeating opponents compared to going solo. I've just tested this by going to an old save just before battling meldanen in the blacklake, and killing him with tommy grants 326 XP for my level 7 fighter. Dismissing tommy and then taking him on nets me 560 XP! That's a substantial difference. I did go through the really tedious process of going into every house in every district and killing everything that was hostile again, in fact, my playing style was identical to the first time through the game, so it's strange where I've lost these many thousand XP points. Interesting theory regarding the dual wielding though. I'm aware that as you progress in levels, you get less XP for defeating opponents than you would have had you been at a lower level/CR. If my CR is increased because of the dual wielding then this could compensate for some missing XP.

07-31-2002, 09:23 AM	#4
Jim Quintesson Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Age: 45 Posts: 1,088	Thanks for the quick reply guys. Firstly, in my experience, using a henchman does reduce your XP for defeating opponents compared to going solo. I've just tested this by going to an old save just before battling meldanen in the blacklake, and killing him with tommy grants 326 XP for my level 7 fighter. Dismissing tommy and then taking him on nets me 560 XP! That's a substantial difference. I did go through the really tedious process of going into every house in every district and killing everything that was hostile again, in fact, my playing style was identical to the first time through the game, so it's strange where I've lost these many thousand XP points. Interesting theory regarding the dual wielding though. I'm aware that as you progress in levels, you get less XP for defeating opponents than you would have had you been at a lower level/CR. If my CR is increased because of the dual wielding then this could compensate for some missing XP.