
Originally Posted by
Andy
They should create some players with level 99 and 100 etc that are almost ready to up-level and let them play to test. They can ask for volunteers that know that they are test players and will not be able to used them after the test is over. That is called creating test cases. Same for the map. Give them enough power to beat some of the Map monsters to they can test the different levels.
There may have to be some rules about attacking other players etc so that they do not end up abusing the test players do not unbalance the exiting players. Another thing they could do is create an alpha server where all that there will be is test players that are created to test the new conditions. This is different from the normal testing that is done in that the test players will be trying things by playing normally that the developers did not think of testing.