In my view one should be able to have your mount track unguided.
This means attention to making it work its best ...and have polar near perfect...you find where the mount works and where its not so good and getting balance to help the mount...clean the gears, polish them, more counter balance close in, eliminate vibration and even flex in the set up....pe training is a huge help...know how long you can go unguided and where it plays up and expose within the boundaries you discover...auto guiding is great but it is only to help not cure guiding problems.
If I was getting the results you are getting I would be doing the whole sky and go narrownand and guiding next year...that way you can save the cash☺ or longer if you need.
Alex
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