Just a quick post to say that the Firebird is a good EDM summon in my opinion, just as long as you realise it shouldn't ever go into battle. As if you are sending it to battle, then it likely is pure rubbish.
Since if you read the description, it will tell you that the Firebird "encourages good events" (or something like that). Which indeed it does, as I had it for the last 20+ in Prep2, and I had at least a dozen good events in the province I kept him in, and not a single bad one either (with Misf2 scales). So if you can get the Firebird, then there's a fair chance it'll pay for itself with good events pretty quickly. Especially if you have Misf2 scales.
I think some players need to realise that not every single summon in the game is designed to head to the battlefield. Blood-random Asynja's for example would likely never leave a lab in my kingdom, since they'd be too busy summoning Storm Demons. (unless I needed them as part of a communion)
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The value of a lot of summons depends entirely on the nation and on the situation. Some nations will find a certain summon useless, while others will find them invaluable. Shishi's are a good example of this IMO (and I reckon their stats/price is pretty much spot-on right now). As to a nation without any magic phase raiders, they are likely worth their weight in gems. But to someone like Eriu, they are nothing more than a luxurious expense. So judging a summon out of the context of its surroundings isn't always the correct way of establishing its relative value. At least IMO.
Also @ Amhazair - Death random Asynja's are great because they can cast Winds of Death or (especially) Wailing Winds. Granted, if you're a nation like LA Caelum then you likely don't care about getting access to A/D paths. But if you haven't got A/D paths already, then A/D Asynja's are pretty sweet
