Don't worry about it a whole lot.
I'm still thinking on doing the tas for EarthBound.
My Childhood was spent playing that game mostly, well, from age ten anyway, I'm 22 now. ;3
All I know really, is that I've owned the game for at least ten years now, hehe.
I've been using some information on the battle manipulation, and finding it rather...Intriguing.
Depending on what you do, your Battle Turn could come first, you could SMAAASH!!, or you could do extra Damage.
My gosh, I actually manipulated my first battle, got a SMAAASH!!, and Leveled up, but got a 6 offense boost. I never got that much before. Not even in ONE of the higher levels.
So, depending on how well I can manipulate, I could end up with a super high Offense for each character.
Culden has agreed to help out by doing a new, 100% run, and telling me how to manipulate how things drop hopefully.
If Possible, I will get The Sword Of Kings in my tas. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy playing the game through a few times.