Yea, posted it in the other thread, it was most likely a recent thing since I haven't logged in for like 2 hours. Been on all day in and out today since morning the game with no disconnects, just the terrible lag.
Well now that's just the weirdest decision... I'm a little worried about the future. Guessing they might release Snow Raphael or something early.
As for who to get, it depends, like always.
Garuda, Apocalypse and Pheonix are probably the best event eidolons for of passive damage boost since element =/= character but most people generally use the single element eidolons with character element and hp. Typhon is the only event eidolon we have so far with an Atk↑ buff and it lines up fairly well with full team burst. Typhon also has better overall stats. So if you don't need a water or wind eidolon main, Typhon is a better sub eidolon than Garuda.