Not that I cared much about it, but what happened to my ARR Sightseeing Log?

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And that's what I liked about the old log - you learned the nuances and applied what you learned to the clues in order to solve them. Anyone just going through the sightseeing log with a spoiler site in one hand.. that's not the people this activity was aimed at.

I was mistaken when I typed earlier, because I completed the log over 6 months ago. After double checking... yeah, "learning nuances" as you put it is still wrong.

Red Rooster Stead hint says "Dawn" = 5am-8am.
Buscarron's Druthers hint says "Dawn" = 8am-12pm.

You have to complete the Red Rooster log (07) to unlock the Buscarron's Druthers log (44). "Applying what I had learned" earlier, I waited for rain in South Shroud, got to the point at 5AM, and nothing happened. Even if it had been thunderstorms, I still would have missed it, because the weather changes at 8am.

The only explanation for the time difference is that "drunk people wake up late" as I joked with the other guy on this forum.

Without remembering the particulars, this was the 4th or 5th time I had an issue with a poorly written hint like this, and it was the breaking point after which I crossed referenced with websites before spending 30-40 minutes waiting for a weather/time opportunity to open up. I still read the hints, I consider where the location likely was, I scouted for a "vantage point" message, etc.

After wasting several hours to clues that were vague to the extent of inaccuracy, what sane person WOULDN'T double check that they have the right interpretation before committing 30 minutes to waiting at a vantage point?

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I remember what I thought at the time was that, if the weather wasn't mentioned, the vantage point should work under ANY weather. If the time wasn't mentioned, the vantage point should work during ANY time window. That would allow nearly anyone to figure out the correct condition without investing an insane amount of time in trial and error, or resorting to simply asking someone else for the information.