People talked about quitting the moment they read about Selenia dying...
Honestly that hive mind vibe and cult-like adherence to a single player sealed the deal for me. I don't even have the ambition I used to, but I've seem ruler-centered groups fail too often to want to ever be a part of that again.
True. I am not a big fan of a character centric or realm centric players. They will quit easily. Not really in for the long term.