I do have to agree with Skullfrost.
FeralHeart has been taken care of by Razmirz for many years, I can see why he's not one to trust just anyone when comes the thought of retirement. When you've got such a large amount of data regarding accounts (which can involve personal information i.e email addresses, birthdays, passwords I believe), there will be an extremely high standard that a special someone must meet if they are to be trusted to be transferred all that information. The last thing Raz would need would be to hand over it all, only to find out a month or so later, that person couldn't and can't be trusted - that blame would go to him (knowing what people are like) because it would have been 'Raz's decision to pass the server to them.'
However, despite his protective ways, there does come the issue we are currently in.
With Razmirz MIA, updates are at an all-time halt. An all too familiar problem we had for years before xSpirit came along, really.
This stressed out his Staff team, which alleviates to the community getting stressed out; as I heard, there were sneak peeks/teasers of what's to come, but right now that seems impossible, which is why people are getting frustrated and 'lashing out'. Feral Heart has gone back to a stage that we were all led to believe wouldn't have to be experienced anymore, we thought the ball was finally going to get rolling. For a while, it did! I imagine the Staff had lots 'n' lots going on, getting it all ready. They've now reached the stage where they may be ready to release some stuff, but they can't. While xSpirit came along with the source code, Raz is the one who manages it all for proper release. So even though xSpirit is or was this game's 'Code Breaker', Spirit can't do anything without Raz's input.
While it's all good to have someone as an overall leader of a team, that leader is most responsible for keeping things running... sadly, the only thing that's being kept running is the game in terms of being able to actually play. What Raz hasn't been able to run as smoothly as I'd like to think he wishes, which again provokes frustration through everyone else.
It's all, really, going back and forth. A long, neverending bumpy road.
Which is why I agree with Skullfrost's point.
For so many years, while we appreciate everything Razmirz has done for us, I don't think it can truly continue like this.
I don't think we can hold on for much longer, without second guessing just how far we can get running on this bumpy road, with only hopes and dreams with the occasional, very occasional, success.
As we all know, FH is already dying, practically dead at some times during the day. No one has the motivation to want to get online 24/7 anymore. Heck, even Staff don't always want to get on (I understand we all get busy, but let's be honest, FH gives no one the excited feeling of getting on every day to constantly discover something new, update or not).
While this is our home, it can still be our home if we move on.
Starting up a new server that can be updated consistently (with or without Raz's input/help/presence) could be what revives this game and bring back all that nostalgia, or spark an entirely new one.