LA Ermor - myth, legend, or overrated tripe?

[TexasHawk]

Hey all,

Fairly new to the game and am enjoying it a lot! However, in reading the manual, playing several games and reading the boards, I see that there are very strong opinions on LA Ermor, most negative. My question is, I personally find the traits very intriguing and I think played and set up properly LA Ermor could be potentially unstoppable and unbeatable, and some of what I have read is to this effect.

So basically: Is it worth trying to be a 'LA Ermor' master? Will this get me shut out of MP games? Is it too cheap? What's the real pulse on this issue out there???

THawk