Q. about R'Lyeh Mind Blast

[NTJedi]

shovah said:
however if the ai gets the mercs the fishermen and gets a foothold in water they can be awkward to shift (if they get 2-3 sea provinces they just mass tritons and swarm you) but you should be able to handle it.

I've always been able to out bid the AI opponents for mercenaries... very very very rarely do they place a bid which steals them. Hopefully the AI will be more effective bidding on the mercenaries for dominions_3.