>Yes, that's it, you'll have 6 forms. Unless you really manage
>to impress the imms, in which case you might get an extra form
>which may or may not be better than the standard forms.

Yep. To further expand on that, you get forms in this order:

4th tier form in major focus
3rd tier form in major focus
2nd tier form in major focus
2nd tier form in minor focus
1st tier form in major focus
1st tier form in minor focus

>As far it goes for getting the worst forms... yeah, that could
>happen. Sure, someone might say the forms are all balanced
>somehow and there's no bad ones, but they're not being
>subjective enough. If I was a happy-go-lucky solo explorer I'd
>delete if I got the armadillo, for instance. It's all down to
>luck (unfortunately).

It all really depends on what you want to do with the form.

Armadillo is terrible for solo exploration, absolutely.

It's also obnoxiously tough for cabal raids, levelling, and group exploration in the right hands. There isn't a better tank anywhere for many, many things than an armadillo.