Play in a guild in any MMO for long enough and chances are good that you’ll have to deal with an inactive member at some point.

For many guild leaders, inactivity can be a constant source of aggravation. For a variety of reasons, members just stop logging in, typically with little to no warning. One day, the member is winning the roll on a nice piece of loot and then, many times without so much as a “taking a break for a while” post, the member just stops logging in.

How do you deal with it? What can you do?

I really believe there’s only one real answer: removal.
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