In reply to rjacko10:
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> I thought with a more aggressive shaped shoe I would be substituting comfort for performance.
It doesn't really work like that.
As GrahamD kind of said, you've traded comfort for precision. New shoes won't make your performance/grade suddenly leap or anything. Although the extra precision [i]might[/i] help you improve your technique a tiny bit faster, due to the better 'feel', but may well wear faster due to thinner rubber, training to improve footwork etc.
Also you really shouldn't be avoiding using your toe, in some movements & situations its almost vital, such as pivoting from an edge to your toe point as you move & and forcing you foot to stick on tiny holds on roofs.
Simply put the choice of shoe doesn't make a better climber, practice, practice & practice does! Have you tried getting any coaching? A movement and footwork session with a coach worth their salt usually helps people more than a foot mangling shoe!