Sloppy code of an asinine mechanic.
Testing testing .. who is doing all the work testing these days? Okay .. all negative comments aside .. I am testing for answers too:
Broke my neck trying to get back to be on-line at the appointed time .. logged in all my characters before the 24 hour time limit passed since yesterday's log-ins between 9AM and 10 AM. Now to wait and see how they fair without doing any work on capturing prisoners 'just in case this log-in thing doesn't work!.
All my characters were exactly within the 24 hours of logging in. All were Aligned ok. All still retained their Town Loyalty Status.
BUT - - That's not to say when I log them in again without working on capturing prisoners for another hour each, that their loyalty title won't decay. I will be posting results on the other thread about Rapid Decay below - - later as I am holding back from logging in Acct. 1 Character#7 who is adored by Scara Brae. I did not log him in on time this morning to see what happens if I log him in later tonight - - as would be what would happen to many players who have jobs, school and other things to attend to in real life every morning.