you hit the nail on the problems... and there will be one more problem once you start managing the inventories of each member, especially (my biggest gripe) when you accumulate unwanted weapons and want to sell them.
unless you are going for achievements or other stuff there's no reason to explore the planets, except for a bit of backstory and to check out what are the sidequests.
I never used the sniper, so I didn't exactly have problems with it, but I also played as a soldier and don't recommend it, simply because you end up playing it as a shooter (with some "generic" skills), and it falls short of being a good one.
the words above were backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!







