[JimMorrison]

Also, I couldn't seem to manage to wrap my head around LA Ermor personally, until I played them.

I sort of tend to think that, ultimately, their dominion just kills pop a little too quickly. I mean, seriously within like 5 turns of the first candle, you are looking at 10-20 pop. If you took 50% of the map, and they took the other 50%, you'd better be an incredibly skilled player, or they will crawl all over you.