It can be frustrating for the rest of the group if something comes up, and the person leaving is the only person who can tank, or the only person who can heal has to leave with no warning. But as people said, things happen. I usually give a 30 minute warning since I often won't login and join a group during the times I know I could have to leave at a moments notice.
The thing that does bother me though, is when someone gives 0 warning when they had known for hours that they would have to leave at that time. For example, "Got to go after this pull, have a college class." or "Got to go after this pull, it's late and I have to work in the morning." When you give no warning in situations like that, then you are just being rude. Either they just aren't considerate, or they don't want to give an early warning in case you are able to replace them quickly and they miss out on that last 5-15 minutes of XP they could have gotten... which is also inconsiderate I'd say.
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