I find the urgency of the OP amusing

however It did give me an idea

maybe they could add a buff to avatar's favor for the spirits to make them a bit more useful.. of course it doesn't have to be tomorrow >_>

like air elemental could be a 3~5% haste favor

or fire elemental could be 5~10 str favor

minor buffs like that.. nothing overpowering mind you.. but could be plausibly useful at some point