[pink grapefruit]

I fucking love that the devs spent time creating gods for their world, and did the work to implement the code that would allow players to choose a deity- all for it to basically not matter at all, except from a very minor faction perspective. This decision (design flaw?) resulted in a system that was pure fun for its own sake, as well as having roleplay merit.

My hot take:

Agnostic enchanter is the most basic bitch move a person can make at the character select screen. It's a clear indication that a person is lacking in creativity, and admitting to making such a boring decision is simply outing yourself as uninteresting.

This goes for other classes too ofc, enchanters are just the ones you see nerds carrying on about. You never see these people insisting that gnome clerics should never ever go with Bertoxxulous bc then you'll be kos to a handful of NPCs on Antonica, though the logic is the same.

Like, does no one care about roleplay anymore? If you don't think up complicated backstories for your elf, why are you even playing an elf simulator to begin with? Your silly halfling warrior could believe in nothing in particular at all, or he could be a devout follower of the motherfucking God of War! Click Rallos Zek at character creation, and BAM- instantly 10x cooler. Now your macros can include text about spilling blood to appease Zek, or w/e fun and interesting thing you come up with.

Rolling a monk? Start in freeport loser, and if you love Qeynos so much run there and be the only peace-loving person in town. Bonus points for the more creative and unique you can get with it. I had a Veeshan-following monk on live I never played. Does anyone even remember having the chance to roll one? The best deity choice for enchanter is either Bertoxxulous (if evil) or Rodcet Nife (if good) because these have the most wtf factor. High elf casters should always go Karana or Erollisi, unless there is some compelling RP reason to choose something else. Innoruuk is the clear choice for half elf warriors, as Bertoxx is for rogues.

Anyway. Point made.