Ah, don't worry too much about that, anon! I didn't think that that's what you intended. I just thought it might be a good idea to speak up, considering one of my two characters is among the ones who are drafted rather frequently, as you said.
I'm inclined to disagree with what you said there regarding the time frame new muns have to sign up, though - as I mentioned in my comment to the anon below, I'm among the ones who recently apped a new character as well. And despite the fact he was accepted the day applications closed again and the fact that I hesitated for a while before signing him up (which led to me not actually doing so until January 16th), he... ended up on page 4. Which, once the post is cleared out again, means he's likely going to end up on the first page - as will a lot of other new characters on that page. Yes, these characters don't get to go this time, and will thus still have to wait a few more months before the next draft, but... well, considering the fact that this time, the first three pages of characters were chosen, all of which were people who signed up in December or earlier? That'd have happened even if someone's character had somehow gotten in a minute after applications opened and immediately rushed to get their character signed up for the draft.
It may not be fair, per se, but it gives new characters time to get settled in before they get booted out of the village for a few days to fight in a war they might not even have heard all that much about just yet. Your viewpoint may differ there, anon, but I personally don't think having a character drafted that soon is a particularly good thing. It's probably not going to help all that much if you've been having trouble getting involved in the game as a whole, either - that's my opinion on that particular matter, anyway.
Like I said to the anon below, a limit would admittedly help resolve the issue you brought up, but at the same time, it's also going to cause some problems. If there's another plot-heavy draft like the December one and someone who usually doesn't manage to get their character involved in plot events (like, say, the infiltration a while back) isn't allowed to have their character go solely because they've been drafted twice, maybe thrice in a row previously, that's not very fair either, is it? It really strikes me as a lose-lose situation. (And I didn't think that you meant that, don't worry! Never going again at all simply because a character went a few times in a row would've been awfully extreme, so I figured you meant they'd simply sit a round out.)
I'll admit that the last draft was definitely a case of the draftees actually having some influence on the plot, but out of all the drafts thus far, it's kind of an exception. The first two drafts didn't really affect the plot much beyond the draftees getting to fight back the Third Party, which... is really just what they were supposed to do anyway and wouldn't really do much in regards to the plot unless everyone suddenly failed their given task or something.
...But you know what? You bring up a really good idea there - giving the people who remain in the village something to do during the drafts! Especially if there's going to be another plot-heavy one someday. That'd give the people who weren't chosen something to do while the draft's going on, and it might just give them the opportunity to influence the plot a little somehow.
I can't really disagree with your last point - it's definitely true that older muns have an advantage in regards to drafts, simply because they have more time to sign up for them. But so do the newer muns once they've been around for a little while. It's really just a matter of patience at the moment. I know waiting for a newly signed up character's turn can be a little frustrating, but... patience is a virtue, I guess? And as I've already said, in this regard it does pay off.
As with the anon below, I apologize if that didn't make much sense - it's still very early over here and I... honestly haven't been awake for that long yet. :|;
Re: Luceti / Luceti Mods
I'm inclined to disagree with what you said there regarding the time frame new muns have to sign up, though - as I mentioned in my comment to the anon below, I'm among the ones who recently apped a new character as well. And despite the fact he was accepted the day applications closed again and the fact that I hesitated for a while before signing him up (which led to me not actually doing so until January 16th), he... ended up on page 4. Which, once the post is cleared out again, means he's likely going to end up on the first page - as will a lot of other new characters on that page. Yes, these characters don't get to go this time, and will thus still have to wait a few more months before the next draft, but... well, considering the fact that this time, the first three pages of characters were chosen, all of which were people who signed up in December or earlier? That'd have happened even if someone's character had somehow gotten in a minute after applications opened and immediately rushed to get their character signed up for the draft.
It may not be fair, per se, but it gives new characters time to get settled in before they get booted out of the village for a few days to fight in a war they might not even have heard all that much about just yet. Your viewpoint may differ there, anon, but I personally don't think having a character drafted that soon is a particularly good thing. It's probably not going to help all that much if you've been having trouble getting involved in the game as a whole, either - that's my opinion on that particular matter, anyway.
Like I said to the anon below, a limit would admittedly help resolve the issue you brought up, but at the same time, it's also going to cause some problems. If there's another plot-heavy draft like the December one and someone who usually doesn't manage to get their character involved in plot events (like, say, the infiltration a while back) isn't allowed to have their character go solely because they've been drafted twice, maybe thrice in a row previously, that's not very fair either, is it? It really strikes me as a lose-lose situation. (And I didn't think that you meant that, don't worry! Never going again at all simply because a character went a few times in a row would've been awfully extreme, so I figured you meant they'd simply sit a round out.)
I'll admit that the last draft was definitely a case of the draftees actually having some influence on the plot, but out of all the drafts thus far, it's kind of an exception. The first two drafts didn't really affect the plot much beyond the draftees getting to fight back the Third Party, which... is really just what they were supposed to do anyway and wouldn't really do much in regards to the plot unless everyone suddenly failed their given task or something.
...But you know what? You bring up a really good idea there - giving the people who remain in the village something to do during the drafts! Especially if there's going to be another plot-heavy one someday. That'd give the people who weren't chosen something to do while the draft's going on, and it might just give them the opportunity to influence the plot a little somehow.
I can't really disagree with your last point - it's definitely true that older muns have an advantage in regards to drafts, simply because they have more time to sign up for them. But so do the newer muns once they've been around for a little while. It's really just a matter of patience at the moment. I know waiting for a newly signed up character's turn can be a little frustrating, but... patience is a virtue, I guess? And as I've already said, in this regard it does pay off.
As with the anon below, I apologize if that didn't make much sense - it's still very early over here and I... honestly haven't been awake for that long yet. :|;