Vanheim themes?

[archaeolept]

hellheim irritates me because there's just no synergy (other than "blight") between earth and death, so the svartalfs just don't interest me. The vanadrotts make amazing little mini-SC's though.

w/ base, i'd blood hunt and empower in order to forge. you might always get lucky w/ a random w/ one of those 380 gp Vans, but that's a bit much to count on.

[Boron]

archaeolept said:
hellheim irritates me because there's just no synergy (other than "blight") between earth and death, so the svartalfs just don't interest me. The vanadrotts make amazing little mini-SC's though.

Exactly my feeling with helheim too . EEDD swartalfs instead of EEE* dwarfen smiths i see as a real loss .
The Hangadrotts maybe good Mini-SC's / Thugs but hey they cost 400 gold .
If i want SC national leaders i rather play Jotunheim Niefelheim they cost more but only 100 and need perhaps more equipment but they are another class of SC than Hangadrotts .
The forced Death 1-scale irritates me with vanheim too because they are one of the nations with quite useful national troops where a small positive growthscale of growth 1 or similiar is not bad ( i often play with death 3 scale as most nations ) .