The enemy level in the Skirmish battles are dependent on what map they appear on. Usually they're a little tougher than the chapter you played there at first, but not my much. So an encounter on the Prologue map is easy, but an encounter on a late game map will be max level or close.3 hour in. So far I'm enjoying this game very much. However, I have a question about random encouters. The first one appeared after chapter 2, and my party was 5-6 levels behind. After chapter 4, another random encounter appeared on the map, and their levels were also quite above mine.
Should I try fighting those high level mobs? Or should I just wait for random encounters, that are more on my level?
Oh, and can I somehow check mobs levels before going into random battle?
If you just want to check, you can start the fight and back out instead of picking "Fight!" on the preparation screen.