Losing health when switching class?

[KatVet]

I’m not actually sure if this is a bug. I’ve tried to find a reference to this somewhere in the forum and haven’t found anything. Please tell me to RTFM (with a link!) if I missed something obvious!

I normally play as a ranger, but I’ve noticed if I switch classes, when I switch back, I get the red ring at the edges of my screen and when I check my health I’m at less than half. I know that I was at full health when I switched to the non-primary class. Is this a bug, or a penalty for switching classes?

[Luvstosmooch]

It just keeps you at the health you were at from your previous class (the actual number not the %), so you can’t just swap classes to heal up

[Daeresha]

My theory is that your lower level class, or more squishy class, will have less armor/health value(HP), so when you swap out, then you have to gain the difference for the higher level/geared class.

[Outlander_Robert]

@Daeresha

My theory is that your lower level class, or more squishy class, will have less armor/health value(HP), so when you swap out, then you have to gain the difference for the higher level/geared class.

this is it, as a higher level class switching to a lower level class you have more then enough HP but when going from lower to higher you need to regain that remaining difference in HP

[KatVet]

Ah! That makes perfect sense! That explains why I only started noticing it after I had leveled my ranger up a few levels! (I’m still lvl 1 mage and very low lvl fishing)

Freaked me out the first time 'cause I was fishing in an area with monsters (near the lake house) and thought I’d missed a monster attacking me while I fished!