Well, even if its 8 hours like youngsters have.. but youngsters cant have big units
This kind of come to "Age sucks" topic. Game has changed from the days when 25-30 men sized units were common. Now many nobles roam around with 100+ sized units. I have used to that i dont give a poop about eq damage, i was at Darka and we always roam around island with 90+% damage.
But i think it should be much less time consuming. Or have option to repair faster with more expensive or have some sort of cap for the time needed.