hey mr mcgee, good to see you around again!
Maybe this time around you can just play for fun and not worry about the hardcore testing, there is gonna be a whole bunch of fun stuff to experience, and general play experience feedback, and what people witness occuring is likely gonna be really helpful anyway.
Chances are we may integrate some 'fast start' options as well, I was playing some test code and I could choose to be a traveler, a lord or a king(with stats and troops to match), so I reckon something of these shortcuts will be thrown into the game for good measure!