brandon0981 wrote:Yeah, I honestly didn't even notice how bad the shield was until I posted the dump lol. Sad to say that Dwarfy died on the last level of the orc fort. I'll remember all these tips next time I start up a fighter. Is there any other race I should try with fighter that might be better?
Well, I think I should warn you that fighter is a challenge class. If you want a fighter-like background that isn't so hard, berserker is extremely good since you start with a good deity and a useful special ability, and hunter is very good since you start with a solid ranged attack. Gladiators start with throwing nets, which can be used to shut down early ogres or other dangerous monsters, and assassins start with a small stock of curare needles, which are very good at winning you fights until they run out. A fighter's starting benefit is a shield, which is rendered irrelevant as soon as you find a random buckler or shield on the ground.
As far as races go, hill orc is going to be closest to the old mountain dwarf, now that the mountain dwarves have been removed from the game. Minotaurs are also mostly without quirks, but biased towards normal combat. Halflings and kobolds also make for very good fighter-types, but their playstyle is significantly different than the norm.
For deities, seriously consider Trog, Yredelemnul, or Makhleb over Okawaru. While potentially very good, Okawaru is a little fidgety to play with on a fighter, since the powers you get don't give you any of the desperately-needed versatility you should be looking for. Heroism and Finesse mostly just make your normal combat skills a bit (or a lot) better, which doesn't help very much if you're up against something that your normal combat skills are the wrong type of approach for, like a hydra or jelly. Trog, Yred, and Makhleb all provide minions to take hits for you and a variety of useful emergency powers, any of which can change a desperate battle to a curbstomp in your favor.
Monday, 30th January 2012, 05:16 
