An npc leveler and instant alchemist option would've made sense if the homunculus system was just an external patch coming into an already established and functioning server.
But this game is literally still being built and there's too much stuff that's still untested to warrant careless skipping.
As a programmer, I'm sure you're familiar with scenarios where the bugs that you thought were contained in a specific case were actually caused from a different one, right?
It's not like time is limited on testing anyways. Homunc system bugs found at a later date should still be addressed. And even after closed beta ends, we'll still have open beta.
Sure, but then what's broken is not the Homunculu Evolution System, is the Alchemist quest, or Alchemist leveling or anything else... And thats 'general mechanics'. Maybe the homunculus system test came way earlier then what it should've been.