[goldenlover]

i set them on standby for the summons but what is your opinoin

[kate]

i find set is best, i mean what's the chances that yur gonna be walking along and find a super uber creature thing that you need to summon a ton of things to defeat it. plus i find in almost any battle, it's best to go in full strength (so with all yur djinn) and then summon if necessary...if you really need to summon, it's prolly gonna take a while anyways. yah i know that doesn't make alot of sense, but oh well :P

[chz]

Standby some of the djinni, coz you might be wiped out by an enemey with a powerfull attack :P

[BloodPhoenix]

yea, djinni who have an attack have on set but others on standby, cus if i am low on hp i can use my summons

:D

[kate]

meh, to each his own. i find that set is better tho. yur more powerful..not to mention that mia and jenna can't use the party heals unless they have 4 djinn set

[ForteGX]

I prefer fighting with my djinn set.

[Teblor Tribe]

Set in Regalr battles couse then your stronger.

[ForteGX]

If you need a real edge in the battle, though, I'll put them on standby for quick summoning.

[Teblor Tribe]

That works to I used to do that but then The Kraken beat me.

[Kuraikitsune]

I have all of my djinn on set. It's a lot more rewarding than keeping them all on Standby... the lame stats and Psynergy aren't worth it. Besides, unleashing your Djinn one after another adds more damage (depending on which one) to add on to the summon damage. See? I find nothing wrong with Setting djinn.

[kate]

the only time i put any on standby is when i'm about to go into a boss battle, and then i put one like "quartz" which won't do anything on standby so that i can summon faster..

[Teblor Tribe]

I unleash the stat boosting ones first then summon them. and thecycle starts over again.

[Dasius]

I used to have them all on standby but then I realised that setting them boosted the stats (I did'nt pay attention to the tutorial) I've kept them on set ever since

[Platinum Sun]

I picked set. Summons don't help if your characters all die because they have crappy classes.

[Mindpatch]

I'd take this into bigger detail. Depending on what Djinni to set or standby.
This probably also depends on what kind of enemy you're fighting, the level and statusses of your party, which team you are using, your equipment etc.
Though if I have to pick, I think I'd fight better with all set then all standby.

[Someone Else]

Every walkthrough I've seen blabs on about setting Djinn before boss battles, but I think that's crap advice because then you enter the battle with lower stats than you could have.

In-battle I think it's better to unleash the Djinn that will lower the enemy's stats, because then your character's stats will lower along with the enemy's stats. Also use a Djinni that will boost your stats so it all cancels out. I actually find myself rarely using my characters to fight; I make the Djinn do everything, even in regular battles.

[Platinum Sun]

It's not all about stats. If you have pretty much anything other than the base classes (Dijnn match adept element) throwing your weight around with Dijnn can wipe out the psynergy you depend on. This is especially evident with healing abilities like Felix's revive and Jenna's aura.

[Someone Else]

I think stats also partly determine how much damage Djinn deal. The Elemental stats do partly, at least.

[Split Infinity]

I think it's fun to just all-out summon, then spend the next few turns trying to recover. If you manage to survive, the rest of the battle isn't as difficult.

[Sea of Time]

I set. I use the djinn I need until I have enough to make my best summon. It's risky to summon against a strong boss, but well worth it because of their clear elemental weaknesses.

[isaac strife]

on the GS I have found that the only time that I have had to use summons is on black beard, i'm a bit of a training freak so my characters are usually to powerfull for me to need summons.

[Daedalus Knight]

I almost always have my djinn on set because, obviously, it strengthens my characters. I put them on stand-by if I'm fighting a boss so I can start the battle off with some major damage. But if its a really hard boss (like the fusion dragon or deadbeard) I go into the battle with all djinn set, and unleash them then use the summons, this ends up dealing more damage thean just sommoning.