Halls Hopper
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Joined: Monday, 9th July 2012, 22:24
Help me understand how to play Formicids (Gods/Backgrounds)
Thus far, I've been pretty disappointed. Just playing a straight fighting bruiser worshipping Oka is dull, and if I'm gonna do that I don't know why I don't just go load an old patch from when we still had Mountain Dwarves. So, I'd really rather play something a little more interesting.
For starters, I was considered going a Skald or a poison elementalist (quickly hybriding into medium armor and weapons), worshipping Chei; the aptitudes are solid, and since I can't make use of haste anyways Chei's slowness doesn't hurt too much, and of course the stat boosts are phenomenal for any hybrid character. (Of course, this also means I'm losing one of Chei's most vital assets, teleport scrolls) However, I'm really just feeling like it's rather weak, and aimless; I'm sure it'll be a blast once I'm wielding a large shield in the off hand and an executioner's axe in the other, but until then I'm really just not sure what I should be doing with these guys.
My other consideration was Fighter into Pakellas, but I realized being unable to spam wands of Haste and infinite teleports doesn't really do much for these guys, which is a massive reason why Pakellas is good in the late game.
tl;dr: Any general tips or tricks for Formicid, particularly in the realm of background/god choice?