Recent content by Infinite_Red

I can't verify but that certainly seems to be the case for me. I've been rank 4 for about a week and I've powerleveled a few of my Mons up to 80-95 to combat a single level 99 Tyranitar trainer that I'm facing very often in the gym now. Since I can't seem to make any progress, I'm about to...

Is anyone else getting floored by a random hiker with an Uber powerful Tyranitar? My mons are all around 55 to 65 and this random guy just comes into my gym with a level 99 Tyranitar. Not once. Not twice. But four times now... I'm only rank 4. Don't want to powerlevel to 100 just for this one...

So am I supposed to be above level 40 only 10 hours into the game? I'm really liking the concept and execution so far... But I'm having a bit of an issue with the wild pokemon. I don't mind them leveling up with me... to a point. But I'm finding that with them seeming to level up with me...