Risen Malchiah
Well-Known Member
I'm curious to hear from mages & archmages regarding burnout and how you handle the responsibilities of leadership as you juggle the game with your everyday life. I've been in multiple fellowships where leaders have disappeared, sometimes without warning, and I've heard others have had similar experiences.
My first fellowship had an absentee archmage, but the guild was somewhat casual, so I kind of understood. My second fellowship had changed leadership just prior to me joining and the new archmage had some personality conflicts with the mages and abruptly left rather than fight the status quo. My third fellowship was really active and I enjoyed it, but in the 6 months I was there, I never once met the archmage. I eventually left after it was clear the fellowship was too casual for my taste.
In another city, one archmage simply stopped logging into Elvenar without warning and also didn't respond to inquiries on Facebook. I still never found out what happened and can only assume that either something bad happened, or she simply got overwhelmed and decided not to come back.
I've also had a fellowship in which the archmage said she was busy with real life and that maybe she'd be back in 6 months. I understand real life takes precedence but 6 months without explanation? (I've entertained the thought that she's an international assassin or she went to jail for ripping the tag off her mattress.)
Is this a phenomenon that archmages become overwhelmed and abandon their fellowships because they don't (or can't ) make the tough decision to instate a replacement? Or am I just lucky?
My first fellowship had an absentee archmage, but the guild was somewhat casual, so I kind of understood. My second fellowship had changed leadership just prior to me joining and the new archmage had some personality conflicts with the mages and abruptly left rather than fight the status quo. My third fellowship was really active and I enjoyed it, but in the 6 months I was there, I never once met the archmage. I eventually left after it was clear the fellowship was too casual for my taste.
In another city, one archmage simply stopped logging into Elvenar without warning and also didn't respond to inquiries on Facebook. I still never found out what happened and can only assume that either something bad happened, or she simply got overwhelmed and decided not to come back.
I've also had a fellowship in which the archmage said she was busy with real life and that maybe she'd be back in 6 months. I understand real life takes precedence but 6 months without explanation? (I've entertained the thought that she's an international assassin or she went to jail for ripping the tag off her mattress.)
Is this a phenomenon that archmages become overwhelmed and abandon their fellowships because they don't (or can't ) make the tough decision to instate a replacement? Or am I just lucky?