Are people seriously complaining that they've been an APPLICANT (who now actually HAVE truesight) for 20 hours? Or for a week RL? Pretty certain my last character (who ended up Cardinal) spent 2.5 weeks and 36 hours as a pledge.

I've also had characters that take longer. The best advice I ever got regarding this game was just to play a character that I enjoyed playing. In the grand scheme of things, getting inducted into a cabal is a much LESS trying situation than dealing with the reality of the pendulum swings. If this frustrates you, I'm pretty certain there's plenty more that will later on.

As a parting comment...obligatory orc propoganda. Roll an orc! No worries about joining a cabal, no item to defend, and automatic membership into the clan! GSV forever!