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papercup posted...

Yeah I've been doing them top to bottom since I assume the order they're listed is the order they want me to do them?

They're ordered by supposed difficulty.
But that's not entirely accurate. and only like half of each map is actually the max difficulty level anyway.
If you do some of the later maps earlier, it's really beneficial to 100% the game.
Not only for getting 4+ weapons, but also means you can get started earlier on acquiring and building a "perfect" weapon (5 stars, 8 slots, with the skills you most want), which itself will take many hours and literally can't start until you're capable of even getting them as drops.
Also, some maps give double material drops (Twilight, Koholint w/ an item card for a few battles) or double food (Grand Travels, I think Koholint w/ an item card...?). Lorule gives double weapons so it'll help you get good weapons fast (so does Majora's Mask, but the weapons will be much weaker so whatever).

Basically, I'm trying to say that even after you get the best stuff, there will be a lot more to do (making perfect weapons, filling out badges, getting a fairy w/ material master+ and magic fountain+) after. So you'd be saving time getting started on some of that sooner then getting it done in parallel w/ cleaning up the maps you skipped.

But whatever floats your boat....
EDIT: Not even saying to complete the late maps first. Just get the major goodies and leave, finish it later. Like I said earlier, the benefits for finishing a map aren't that important in most cases. You don't HAVE to stick to one map at a time.