LogFAQs > #972817006

Trails is a series where I like to use everyone, so I'll often rotate in the lowest levels when I can pick party members (there are exceptions like in the final dungeon of CS2 where you get *everybody*). Admittedly, the downside is either spreading good quartz too thin or doing extra managing of the best ones to move them around. I think characters catch up fairly quickly, so they aren't that much of a liability.

My hot take is Trails is better when you can't pick party members, or at least have several forced ones. That way, you get more people who interact with the plot and NPCs. Since I like to use everyone anyway, I don't mind if the game decides this for me.