Originally posted by Psychotic
Well, Imo There's no need to have Garnet AND Eiko,

Yes there is. It gives you a choice of which kind of White Mage you want. One who has only above average White magic and a hell of a lot of summons, or one who has extremely good white magic with just above average summons. It gives you the ability to choose. And personally I used Eiko over Garnet