bias aside, why get hooked on an OOP mold when you never had the attachment to it in the first place? whether its a FB or XXX (my personal choice) it should definitely be a current run whatever.
i loved banshees, outgrew them (i think?), threw both the xxx and the fb, and am currently using the xxx. doesnt have much glide, has a slightly slower turn overhand, and skips a little higher as opposed to farther IMO. seems to me like you already throw mostly lat64, and dont throw any innova, so PERSONALLY i would keep the scheme going and try another swedish brethren. dont get me wrong, firebirds are freaking awesome and to each his own [obviously] . . .