Originally posted by jonnin:

I am also all for having it cycle offset from the human wall clock. Some people may play, say for 1/2 an hour right after work/school. If they always pop in at 5:00 and stop at 5:30, their day/night cycle is the same each session, and if you lengthen it, they may miss some daylight or night and be unable to experience a mix of day/night. If the cycle is offset a bit, say 45 min cycles, they get a mix from day to day. The longer the cycle, the more this is needed.

That's not a great argument, what about the people who can only play for 25mins a day? or those that can only play 45mins a day? Or those very poor souls that can only play 10mins a day?