I wouldnt bother... Get some leveling then head onward. You'll waste your time if max out... DO NOT SPEND POINTS OUTSIDE YOUR MAIN!!! Im just saying. You'll attain a new crystal level soon enough... better to save up the CP. Sazh Snow and Vanille had over 800,000 CP when I beat the chapter 11 Boss. I was referring to the 3 main of each character. Not every last crystal thing. Was raping everything with a RAV+RAV+COM with Lightning, Hope and Fang. Like the book says. Managed to upgrade Lightning's Gladius to a Helter-Skelter. Once I finished everyone's last paradigm I'll move on. It's just great to easily catch up. The only hard part about it is trying to get a preemptive strike on the 3 frost bombs and 2 hoplites. Hard to tell which way bomb's are even looking.