Levels of the playtest?

[Derren]

Has there been instance where a high level playtest was reported?

Whenever I read a blog from a designer the characters are level 2-4 or otherwise in the heroic tier. I think I heard once that a group is playing at level 12.

IIt there any epic level playtesting going on? Or do we get a untested high level game like we did in 3E?

 

[catsclaw227]

I don't recall any public mention of any, but I'm sure we'll hear more about it after D&DE. I wonder if any playtesters who can comment out there did any paragon or epic level testing?

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I think they have stated they have various playtesters who are doing a variety of different levels from heroic to paragon to epic.

 

[S'mon]

Hope so. 3e felt like it was thoroughly playtested in the 1-6 level range, but 10-20, not so much.

 

[helium3]

Yeah. I've noticed a general absence of information about playtesting above the heroic tier. Maybe we just haven't heard about it. It did occur to me though that maybe the new system is so fundamentally scalable that if they get the balance right on one level they get it right at every level.

 

[Nymrohd]

It might be that it is hard to release a playtest report of an epic or paragon game without letting a lot of information out, that they want to contain still.

 

[the Jester]

Yeah, early on someone mentioned the playtest where they fought the dragon (remember, 500 hp of damage, etc).

 

[xechnao]

letting a lot of information out, that they want to contain still.

Like what and for what reason? For tactical marketing use?
Besides as far as crunch goes they allready gave the pit fiend example. I am afraid that they have not any solid adventure paragon and epic appropriate -it is something more demanding and I think they could not bother to playtest appropriatly.

 

[Rechan]

I rememer James Wyatt said back in October that he was running the Paragon playtest, because he wanted to do stuff like play with the Beholder.

 

[Nymrohd]

They've said they are? The dragon encounter the Jester mentions certainly is at least paragon? Containing information is not a marketing strategy but mainly a way to avoid disinformation. The pit fiend is just a monster and while you can certainly infer a lot it is hardly similar to hearing what a wizard can do at lvl 23 in a playtest report.