Yep I talked to the other member they were decent enough to give me back the lead they just weren't online much but I still think this system is pretty much the dumbest thing I ever seen from XIV it's just as bad as the triple triad tournament system where you could basically win trade...

The problem I had when I was leaving was every member that I trusted either just left after the HW expansion because it wasn't really good in the 1st few months or they quit the game after they found out I couldn't play anymore usually happens when the leader ain't on since nobody can be bothered sorting out endgame events lol :/

Since there's no real main members left anymore, I feel like I being forced to kick 90% of the FC if I think I'll be gone for longer than 35days again... it really is a bad system... It should be optional in the settings of the FC where it will either automatically change leader if chosen or locked to 1 member as I feel this makes sense unless the leader is deleted then it should be auto or at least they should make it where the original founding members can't be kicked even if lead changes avoids the whole issue then.