Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26427455-20150807023637/@comment-26871289-20150822213649

Right, once you have 2 different Ethereals, it's pretty quick to fill Ethereal island with copies of those two. Your island will be filled with Ghazt and Reebro and maybe Nebulob for awhile, but they'll all be earning shards. At that point, the only effect Ethereal/Tribal will have on your other islands is how much food you decide to use for leveling up Ethereals vs. regular monsters.

You can definitely try for the other 3 single-element Ethereals once you have the first two. As far as Ethereal island is concerned, you only need to breed/teleport one of each as the rest you want will easily be gained by breeding failures on Ethereal island itself. You'll probably eventually want to breed additional single-element Ethereals to keep them on the home island where they were born.

Whether or not you go for the other three Ethereals is really based on your own priorities. You'll easily be able to earn shards and contribute to the tribe soon after you get your first two teleported. You just have to weigh the importance of breeding the other three vs. the developement (and increased gold-earning) of your other islands. In the big picture, progress in MSM comes down to food more than anything else. And Ethereal island is dependent on the other islands for that food. So at no point does it make sense to neglect regular development for the sake of Ethereal/Tribal islands.

You're welcome for the plan. I'm glad it will be a useful reference for you. Go Dia Tribe!