Dagger or Eiko?

[Squall_Cannon]

I didn't like either character Amarant was where it was at. Or what about General Beatrix she tore up.

[My name is...something..?]

I prefer Dagger over Eiko.
She got all the healing I needed done and she had better summons enough said.
Edit: Except for that whole part where she got all depressed and wouldn't listen half the time.

(Though, nowadays when I play I use a gameshark code to put Beatrix in and totally neglect both of them.)

[Quindiana Jones]

In my opinion, Dagger is a more all-round character. She can deal damage in all elements, as far as I can recall, while she still can heal good.

Eiko on the other hand is an exceptional healer and party supporter. While her summons are useful in certain situations, as Endless Twilight says, they are very limited in other.

If you go with Dagger in your party, my advice would be to include someone else with decent curative/supportive abilities as a backup healer, for example Amarant.

If you go with Eiko in your party, you should only need to be able to revive her in the case that she dies, and she should be able to handle the rest of the healing. Quina with Auto-life to cast on her could be a good complement.

As for the thread's original question, "Who is the best summoner?", I'd say Dagger. She is pretty clearly meant to be primarily a summoner and secondarily a healer, and the other way around for Eiko, as suggested by the order in their respective command lists, their Trance and the difference in amount of summons.

You quote yourself? OMG how big-headed do you wanna get?

I want Eiko to die.

[f f freak]

I want Eiko to die.

Me too.

[Rantz]

You quote yourself? OMG how big-headed do you wanna get?

Hehe, I just did that to show that I still stick to the opinion I held in the last thread about this

[Quindiana Jones]

I know, I just wanted you to notice me....

[Rantz]

Oh, but writing in big pink text is quite enough...

[LoKuS]

Eiko starts off with Auto-Regan....

[Bolivar]

I like Dagger alot better because she seems to be the better healer, better selection of Eidolons, plus a White Mage needs Scan. Out in the field, it makes a difference.

and who needs Esuna if you have Remedy's?

Although a party w/ 2 white mages ain't bad.

[yuno]

dagger ftw.i like the eidolon trance than the whitex2 trance.

[Rocket Edge]

Most defionitely Dagger.

[Saku]

I like Dagger alot better because she seems to be the better healer, better selection of Eidolons, plus a White Mage needs Scan. Out in the field, it makes a difference.

Scan?? What's that? *sarcasm*

and who needs Esuna if you have Remedy's?

Items... oh... yeah... I guess you could use those too. Ummm... I think I used item command like twice all game. FF7 with the infamous Yuffie incident remains the only time I use a whole lot of items...

Although a party w/ 2 white mages ain't bad.

This is true... very very true.

[rubah]

Eiko is much more useful, but I can't stand her very much.

[Crossblades]

Dagger has the best Summons, but Eiko has the best White Magic

[Elemental Alchemist]

I will stand by my original choice which I stated in another thread.
I prefer Eiko, mainly because her white magic abilities surpass Garnet's and also because I'd rather have better white magic and decent summons instead of the other. I do not require so many summons. Eiko has enough of them, and the white magic skills more than make up to make her useful.