>>56812950>from Mahogany to Blackthorn, wild mons' and non boss NPC levels plateau. leading to a slight EXP deficit once the levels pick up again around Clair >despite Pryce being the 7th leader on the check off box, he's lower level than he "should" be to keep him in range of Jasmine and Chuck since they can be fought in any order. >The Kanto segment aside from Red and maybe Blue, is overall easier than the Johto half due to levels not really increasing for most of it, making is seem more like a boss rush/victory lap, which is likely the point That's it. The level curve complaint didn't come out of nowhere and has some merit to it, but its highly exaggerated.