From a GM's perspective, agreed. Battle phases can and should still be scheduled, autobattling only when necessary, but this game's been going for over a month. For sanity's sake, perhaps the early hammer should become a permanent thing starting next week. No doubt you're all getting a bit exhausted, and placing a focus on scheduling for the battle phases is affecting votes during the day phase. That isn't something that should be an issue, but it is. If stress over scheduling conflicts is going to influence decisions, then a change should be made to accommodate and eliminate the influence.