Are you saying with sarcasm that 5 hours thickening the veil isn't long enough or that I'm whining about a few hours waiting for a mage to login?

I never said how long I've waited for a mage, and 5 hours of grind to be eligible to wait again to see the drillmaster for an interview?

How long a grind would be reasonable to you? How many hours did it take you to see/kill a mage? More or less than 5 hours?

My suggestion would simply put a ceiling on the wait. If you saw a mage, you'd still kill a mage, but if you happen not to due to things out of your control, there would be a backup in those certain cases. The horror.