You guys downranked wreckless but, as a guild leader that is the first thing I thought of as well. Now I have never taken more than a day or two away from WoW since I started playing but believe you me, If I had to leave the game for 30 days and knew I would be back, I would have to consider that. Many GMs don't put much effort into the guild. But I would imagine that the majority put a lot of time and gold and put up with a decent amount of BS to see their guild thrive.

As far as this goes, "once accepted, will transition leadership from the inactive guild leader to the first player to request leadership" - complete crock of shit. I know if the guild got to that point, chances are it is already in turmoil. But seriously? The first officer to click on it? Tell me that is going to go over well? I don't have the best answer for a solution on this, but rolling it out how it is now is going to cause more problems than fix. Yes, an inactive GM could be a festering wound, but this is ripping off the bandages and leaving it open.