You, Sageous, look like a big Reality Check here
It was already said but i am always amazed by our luck to have such an experienced oneironaut between us.

The alarm based WILD is worth experimenting with, at least it is always a way to keep enthusiasm alive. In my own experience, combining 3 hour WBTB's with 15 minute interval 3seconds gentle beep sounds, resulted in lucidity 2 out of 3 times. Everyone is different, though. I credited the good results to the long WBTBs and the process of falling asleep (sometimes so difficult after a long WBTB).

But surely even if one gets lucid through an external means, one still needs to keep lucidity, remember dream goals, keep calm and balanced, and surely that calls for a little bit of daytime practice