I like pretty much all the things you mentioned in one form or another. What I really don't like is for game set ups to be obviously predictable or not well thought out. That doesn't mean they all have to be super complicated and unique though, it just means they have to be well thought out by the mod and not exactly the same as every other game we've played here. Variety IS the spice of life. Clues in one game and none in the next is perfectly fine with me - as long as they are used well. I actually favor role-lite set-ups because I think it puts the focus more on manipulative strategies and interpretation of posts than stuff like hypo-copping or whatever. Also, I have a tendency to get bored with complicated rules.

As for deadlines, I am fine with whatever really. But if there are going to be hard and fast deadlines then they need to be reliably adhered to and enforced. I'm cool with flexible stuff though. However the mod wants to do it is fine with me really, I'm not picky.