Do enemies scale?

[Xenor]

I was leveling up directly at the beginning of the game against red onis up to level 15.
But it seems like enemies are as strong as ever???
Actually those random battles on the worldmap are even harder now?!

[Jasken]

The random encounters do not have a level cap but the individual levels do. So yes random encounters scale according to the highest level character in the party but Levels like Wolong, Liangshan, ect... scale to your level to a certain cap. I can get you a list of the various level caps if you so desire.

[Xenor]

Originally posted by Jasken:

The random encounters do not have a level cap but the individual levels do. So yes random encounters scale according to the highest level character in the party but Levels like Wolong, Liangshan, ect... scale to your level to a certain cap. I can get you a list of the various level caps if you so desire.

Oh that makes sense then.
If you already have the list written out sent me please, but you don't need to write it again for me :D

[Jasken]

Level caps are as follows:

Mesad 1st visit: 4
Mesad 2nd visit: 7

Sewers 1st visit: 6
Sewers 2nd visit: 15
Sewers 3rd visit: 30

"Sewerboss" aqueduct: 7

catacombs: 10
"Doomed Iona" 1st visit: 23
"Doomed Iona" 2nd visit: 30

Khosani labyrinth 1st visit: 13
Khosani labyrinth 2nd visit: 30

IkeamosExt: 12
IkeamosTopInt: 13
IkeamosBottomint: 13
IkeamosExt visit 2: 25
IkeamosBottomInt visit 2: 30

Tower of Eleh: 16

Wolong Night: 19
Wolongcaverns: 20
Wolong Day: 21

Liangshan forest: 21

Jade temple: 22
Jade Temple "Nhuvasarim Quest": 50

LenelePalaceInt Winter: 25

Temple of Urath "Orenian Occupation": 20
Temple of Urath Winter: 30

[Rattle&Hum]

Originally posted by Jasken:

Level caps are as follows:

Khosani labyrinth 1st visit: 13
Khosani labyrinth 2nd visit: 30

IkeamosExt: 12
IkeamosTopInt: 13
IkeamosBottomint: 13
IkeamosExt visit 2: 25
IkeamosBottomInt visit 2: 30

Story wise, I always felt going to the mountain made the most sense (and in terms of gears it does somewhat). Yet going the swamp allowed you to maximise the use of the quest for tails.

With these numbers, going swamp first is "slightly" what the devs wanted you to. Albeit, given the slight difference in levels (12 to 13), it was pretty open to were you want to go first.