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I'm not sure how this will play out since there's plenty of ups and downs to both methods.

Heh, this one sentence pretty much describes my opinion on the matter, too. Though it would certainly be cool to know what you're going to be fighting before you enter battle so that you can avoid it if there is a ridiculously strong monster or two in an area otherwise filled with relatively weak enemies.