when do dualclasses get a HLA?

[Armen]

if you dual a fighter to level 13 (1,250,000 xp)

should you get your first HLA when your second class levels up after 1,750,000 xp or 3,000,000 xp (for a total of 4.25m xp)?

thanks

[ 11-30-2003, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: Armen ]

[Dar'tanian]

Armen if you dual classed your original class should not gain experience....btu that is beside the point. You will get the HLA when your second class gets to 1750000 but for some reason i belive you can get HLA's of your original class....hmmmm strange.

[Assassin]

You get the HLA's of your second class, after the second class has reached 3 million experience.

[Lord]

Originally posted by Assassin: You get the HLA's of your second class, after the second class has reached 3 million experience.

No, you get the HLAs when your total XP is 3 million XP. This was done so that dual classed and multi-classed characters could get HLAs.

[Faceman]

IIRC only multi-class characters get there HLAs sooner than 3mio XP,
and there are some glitches which allow some multi-class combos to get them even sooner. But don't quote me on that, because I'm not sure. It was discussed some months ago, but I can't find the thread anymore.

[SixOfSpades]

Assassin is right, Lord. At least, as far as Dual-classed characters go.

True-class: 3 million EXP
Multi-class: Total of 3 million EXP
Dual-Class: Active class has 3 million EXP

Let's say you want to make a Human Fighter->Thief. You go to Level 20 as a Fighter (3,000,000 EXP), and gain your first HLA. You continue to level up (and gain HLAs accordingly) until you hit Level 24. You now have 5 Fighter HLAs. Now, you Dual-class. Your Fighter class is now Inactive, but thanks to the benevolent folks at BioWare, you can still use your Fighter HLAs. [i]You will not gain any more HLAs, however, until after your second class reaches 3,000,000 EXP--in this case, Thief Level 24. After one more Level Up, you get your Fighter half back, and soon you'll hit the cap as a Level 24/28 Fighter->Thief, with 5 Fighter HLAs and 5 Thief HLAs.

Originally posted by Faceman: ....there are some glitches which allow some multi-class combos to get them even sooner.

As far as I know, that's only true of the Ranger/Cleric, a class which has a LOAD of funky-ass stuff going on. True, R/Cs get 2 HLAs before their total EXP hits 3 million, but then they miss out on 2 HLAs later on, so it evens out.

[ 11-30-2003, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]

[Armen]

thanks all for that [img]smile.gif[/img]

i guess i'll just have to wait a little longer for the UAI madness that is kensai dualled to thief

[Leslie]

Originally posted by Armen: thanks all for that [img]smile.gif[/img] i guess i'll just have to wait a little longer for the UAI madness that is kensai dualled to thief

The real madness is when you dual your kensai at level 21 or higher.
THAC0, damage, Kai's, ...