Out of curiosity, if it does become too tedious still to keep finding the wands, would you guys consider extending the timer to a day or week IRLbefore it resets? That would give mages a chance to find a wand, gather a few, and be set to go out and PK before things change up on them.

This could either be a rolling change (Change whether or not they found it), or continue to change only when you've found it, but just not *instantly*. This would probably quiet a lot of the complaints about having to find a new one every time, and would give time to find all three wands at some point - and for those uncaballed who don't have backup to help them get the uber-difficult, there's still light at the end of the tunnel.