Say he's coming back later, say he wants to remain in the group for whatever reason, say he's the leader and wants to invite and THEN hand over leadership.
Suggestion:
Create a "chosen for combat" button for the group leader which turns the color of the selected player's name to green and (of course) makes him eligible for dropping.
Put the 4 player limit on the selected ones and remove the limit of the group size.
Yes, this does seem a bit pointless but due to the buggy launcher and overall lack of social options this would help in the way of convenience.
With 8man returning, and even 12man coming this would also ease up the exchange of players who will drop, within groups.
Nothing revolutionary here, just a suggestion to polish the current system.
Edited by DeadlyNerd, 29 November 2012 - 04:28 PM.