I'd like to ask everyone how they'd feel about going forward runs being required to show the difficulty settings before each run. It's next to impossible to really tell what difficulty is being used without that, particularly for Expert mode (though the Extreme Legends main menu screen at least shows it's available).
I also feel that it should be standard that "Easy, Normal, Hard" difficulty runs are base game only, as XL has options for more powerful weapons and the Power Scroll.
Without changing the actual timing rules, but for clarity:
The start frame would be the first frame the blue oval behind "Start" goes away and the "Equipment" text has started moving left.
The end frame is the first frame the battle UI vanishes on the last leader hit (HP/Musou bars, etc).









