>>54977646I never said anything about the random trainers. I was referring to actual trainers.
The gym levels between early johto and late kanto really stagnate, since they seemed to try to use the same level curve as gen 1 but now spread out over two regions. I don't feel that really works, since it means your party is going to end up being ahead of the curve for the bulk of it and it's just boring to be stuck around the same levels for so long.
I still generally like the game, but it's an odd design choice.