If you like norse, odin is probably hardest to get any good with. Loki has a nice rush with some other good strats too, mostly involving MUs. Thor is all around good, best eco, armory, which leads to strong army. How many villies? Dont stop making them, they are gonna turn into the strongest unit in the game at the end anyway (ragnorok) so why not make as many as you can? If you dont go baldr and have plenty of resources late mythic and want more pop for soldiers, you can delete some, or ulfnorok them.
If you really like a FH, Isis of course has the best. It is effective vrs any God really and not too hard to get right.
I started Oranos and have been having fun with him. Easy eco micro. You can advance really fast 4:00/4:30 and raid great. Also you can avance like 5:30 with a great eco. If your opponent isnt putting any pressure on you, you can hop to mythic pretty quick.