first, the idea: Make it so in order to get the regen credit for the hour sleeping you'd need to be sleeping from the beginning to the end of the hour.
I know most people will be like NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe it's on me to switch to a different mud client which utilizes timers, but i don't think it should be.
Trying to think "outside the box" which is a saying I thoroughly dislike due to its over-use in corporate environments.
I promise you this: You will get better at catching the tick.
I have never ever ever used a timer. Back in the day (about 9 years ago) everyone kept saying there was no such thing as a timer and that the mud was coded to randomize the actual second the tick hit on.
I later realized there were timers. I've never used one. May be part of the reason consumables are around. Who knows?
Anyways, the more you attrition mobs solo and play tag while trying to wear them down you can start to "feel" when the tick is coming. Same with PK though each tick seems to be forever away and it's harder to catch as time slows down during PK.
Be one with the Force. Feel it flowing through your veins. It's better than a timer.