PseudoLoneWolf wrote:
I don't think I've ever switched a god in my entire time playing DCSS. That being said, I think this is a terrible idea. For one thing, Jivya. Removing the ability to swap gods will effectively remove Jivya from the pantheon, as you're exceedingly unlikely to find an altar early and even if you do, you'll probably die due to being starved of gear/XP.
I just wanted to address some isolated parts of the post,because I feel there are some mistaken views on extended and what gods truly provide to the player character:Not really, you can just go godless until lair:5 or lair:6(and if the altar doesn't spawn there, then worship Jiyva after 2 runes, by finding his altar in the slime branch ending.) Playing with an atheist character isn't too hard, especially if it's just down to late lair or post-2 runes.
And, I don't think swapping to Jiyva lategame has ever been a relevant strategy. Swapping to TSO in the lategame to have an easy game in extended, sure, but Jiyva has never come up as a relevant god to swap to, for me anyway.
Most of time, I even forget that Jiyva exists, let alone considering abandoning my god for Jiyva.
If I swap gods, it's usually only on octopodes, and I usually go Yred -> Makhleb, because Yred forbids statue form,, and his wrath is pitiful anyway(otherwise, I would just stick with him.)
also this:
Following Yred would mean that you just give up all hope of being able to clear extended, and this decision was made for you on, say, D:4.
Not really, by extended I feel god choice really doesn't matter too much, unless you have a heal-on-kills gods. If you've survived to 3 runes, then you'll likely have built upon a ton of consumables, and a fairly strong character.
It's not like you even have to kill the Pan or Hell lords, you just need to get their rune, and then dash away.
I recommend trying to play an entirely atheist game(without being a demigod) to get a sense of how much god choice actually matters. I personally feel god choice gets less and less relevant the further you go into the game.