The non-native roles...I didn't really do it until I have pretty much maxed out their other stuff. Then I decided to do it. I just picked which one would be "handy" for me to have on that team.

But for the most part, I didn't bother really opening up their other role-trees.

I didn't go crazy getting 100% completion or anything, but I got pretty far in post-storyline play before I moved on....and even in the uber-high level monsters I didn't feel the need to branch out that far.

But yeah...the non-cut scene paradigm shift is *awsome*, and then the change leader is very useful as well. And like you, I'm not sure about the pokemon thing, as I'm wondering if I can max out monster crystal capacity or not. I think that the leveling of monster-team mates is kinda cool....but I wish there was a way to have more then just three active in the team at a time. Oh well.

~Jeordam