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Hill Orcs
Hill Orcs are Orcs from the upper world who, jealaous of the riches which
their cousins (the Cave Orcs) possess below the ground, descend in search
of plunder and adventure.
Sounds pretty clearcut to me. CYC: reading comprehension 0/20
MD were just a collection of numbers, and considered (by us) to be under-distinguished among similar species.
Beogh is a god with a well-defined niche. You can complain about Beogh all you want, but comparing MD and Beogh is a complete fail on your part.
Both MD and Beogh were/are very popular. But Beogh is popular because of some
unique features. MD fere popular for other, lesser reasons (in other words, for reasons not at all Crawl-specific). I know forum readers well enough by now to repeat that in a different way: Beogh has both unique flavour and unique gameplay, hence is popular among many players. The causality goes: flavour & gameplay ==> popularity. Flavour and gameplay are the reason to keep Beogh, not popularity. The latter is a consequence of the former.
I don't think that drastic changes to Beogh are necessary, and this thread is certainly not a reason to repent and turn back. I do hope that Beogh will see minor improvements, as has happened over the years.