Defense Force Patrols!
So, I know I brought up the idea of "assigned" patrols a while back and some of you liked it, but it kind of fell apart upon my attempting to implement it. It seemed like a lot of work!
Well, now I've come up with a way to get rid of that work. It will probably take a little while to fix up, especially since I'm also doing real work for my web design portfolio, but I am going to create a database similar to the one that powers the Taken Page which will keep track of all Defense Force members, including preferences for partners when they patrol (Sam and Dean, Link stalking Allen, etc.), and spit out patrols. I'll also take your hiatuses into account, so you'll never patrol if you aren't around!
What this means: there will be one patrol each IC day, consisting of two characters. I will post this patrol on the Monday meme, and these characters will get first dibs on handling DF trouble for the day. Think of this as a random CR generator, and seek out the other player if you want to do a post with their wacky hijinx!
I'm going to be doing away with day/night preferences (since someone who patrolled during the day would almost always wind up with more to do than someone who patrolled at night, because of the way we split up time), so if it's your day, you're responsible for the whole day. Healers will get thrown into the pot more often, as per Suzaku's IC preferences!
I'll make a post about this again when it gets closer to the time of implementation, but feel free to ask questions or make suggestions on this post. :3
And of course you can opt out even if you aren't on hiatus! And this doesn't affect the IC way shifts are handled: the shifts are still only a few hours long in-game, so nobody is being worked until they drop. X3 Also other things Kay said.