>So, I've been exploring air forms and have had all but the
>crag soarer as a second tier. Some questions to those who
>know...
>
>None of these questions apply to quest forms...just normal
>ones.
>
>1) First, do any forms of any focus (not quest forms) require
>IMMxp or anything to get?

No.

>2) It seems like some forms are more common that others in my
>limited sample size of shifters. Do you have the same odds of
>getting the forms or are some supposed to be more rare?

Even odds, in theory. There might be some bias if the forms in a given tier/foci aren't evenly distributed amongst types (e.g., feline), but I imagine Zulg accounted for that.

>3) I've had all but one tier 2 air forms and noticed that the
>Skyflash doesn't have fire resist, though I thought it used
>to. Is that a recent change?

It looks like it used to be but was changed when Zulg revamped resistances/immunities. So 2012, I guess.

>Just looking at the things that seem to add real value to the
>forms (not things like furor or prey/predator) it seems like
>the Skyflash is a significantly less useful form than the
>others. Am I missing something?

Skyflash has the second highest average damage per round of all tier 2 air forms. It dodges averagely and has middle of the road movement lag/cost, etc.

It's probably not the bee's knees, on paper anyway.