Bounty Hunter/Mage dual class question.

setsunaluvr

I'm doing a multiplayer run through of BG:EE that will run into BG2:EE with my buddies. I want to play a bounty hunter that I will dual class to mage sometime in the sequel. I just don't know what level I should make the transition at. If I wait until I get the max traps, I will take forever to reacquire my thief skills, but if I dual before 16 I miss out on the special bounty hunter traps.

So what level is ideal in this situation?

Lord_Tansheron

Tough to say. How big is your party going to be? Are you using mods? Do you plan on heavily metagaming experience rewards etc.?

Generally, high-level duals run into a lot of problems; as good as your abilities are, if you can't use them for half the game it's not really worth it. Also, I personally don't find the BH traps very good at all, especially since the effects can be saved against - except of course for the last one, which needs lvl 21.

Dualing to mage in particular makes regaining high levels all the more difficult due to the higher xp-breakpoints. I'm not sure there is an "optimal" level to dual a BH into a mage from a; that combination simple is too awkward.

If you want to play this combination anyway for RP or personal enjoyment (which is totally fine), you should probably ask yourself just how much time you are willing to invest into regaining your levels. As a mage, you will reach lvl9 very quickly, and lvl11 reasonably fast as well; after that however, things get tough. To get to 11 you need 375.000xp - to get to 12 you already need 750.000! After that it's another 370.000xp per level, which is quite a lot (compare to 250.000/lvl for fighter and 220.000/lvl for thieves).