I've been there and done that, as I am sure many readers will have, you're not in an unusual or uncommon situation. This very issue will be faced by many other people across many MMOs today, tomorrow and every other day as long as their are guilds and MMOs.

I led a very successful Eve corporation for a very long time, well past the point where I'd had enough. My options for a successor were a little limited with only one real option who I knew was going to struggle for a variety of reasons. However, knowing that I didn't have a 'perfect' candidate to hand over to and knowing they wouldn't get the 'perfect' level of support wasn't a good reason for me not to go.

To cut a long story short I left, my successor took over, nobody died and the didn't fall on anyone's head. The corp just evolved differently than they would have done had I still been there with enthusiasm for the job but that isn't a bad thing. I'm glad I left, I'm still nostalgic about the corp to this day but life moves on and brings other new and exciting challenges.

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