[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Boron:
in normal maps they are a benefit but as i said at faerun / orania if you have fortified all coastal provinces in the late game they are a burden

Anyone is entitled is own opinion. Anyway I've played R'lyeh once on the World map, and to me they were a blessing rather than a burden.

i think too they have upkeep of a 9 or 10 gp unit .

It's 9, without a doubt. At least that's what my own 'upkeep calculator' says.

but let's assume 10 gp : you could have instead 2 lobo guards or for 5 hybrids 1 illithid/illithid soldier ... .

Wrong. You have to factor in the initial cost, and the life expectancy of the unit. My own loboes and hybrids rarely live more than 5 turns average, so for me hybrids are considerably cheaper.

And comparing Illithids to hybrids is like comparing apples to oranges. Illithids are more durable (partly because I take care of them), and have a very different role, and each role has to be fulfilled - so I want both.