Seven of Arcanine
RK9 Unit Trainer
Huh. I'm actually surprised that there's an issue with Gen II's level curve. I honestly don't like random Pokemon battles. Unless I'm trying to capture something, I just avoid, run or repel the entire way through. I only ever level up from fighting trainers and gyms.
And I remember feeling overpowered in Gen II over Gen I specifically because of how underpowered everything else was. With 16 gyms and an Elite Four sitting halfway instead of at the end, the only moments in which I wasn't multiple levels ahead was against the first two or three. This happened in Gen I too, in fact it happens in almost all the games before and since. But in Gen II, the gap was the widest.
Maybe it has something to do with my playstyle. I usually pick my team before I've started playing, and will only field that team. A lot of times, some won't be caught until well into the game, meaning the experience was funneling into fewer Pokemon and they leveled faster than those of you who continuously swap out teams of six.
And I remember feeling overpowered in Gen II over Gen I specifically because of how underpowered everything else was. With 16 gyms and an Elite Four sitting halfway instead of at the end, the only moments in which I wasn't multiple levels ahead was against the first two or three. This happened in Gen I too, in fact it happens in almost all the games before and since. But in Gen II, the gap was the widest.
Maybe it has something to do with my playstyle. I usually pick my team before I've started playing, and will only field that team. A lot of times, some won't be caught until well into the game, meaning the experience was funneling into fewer Pokemon and they leveled faster than those of you who continuously swap out teams of six.