Actually, Stark can easily remote control several suits at once very effectively now, so there's no reason for him to step down as Iron Man.
So what, is Tony going to play his armor like videogames now, while he's at his shield desk nice and safe?
If you read his Argonaut stint in his own comic, you'd see that him even running subconcious armours can be extremely powerful.
And really, what's the problem with him staying safe? If he dies out in the field due to a miscalculation, the world would be worse for it. If he loses a "drone", he could learn and compensate for round two. Heros should be so lucky to have this chance.
Tony survived for years doing field action, he went nuts in armor wars, lost his company,fought the Madarin, and been an avenger for years. I don't think the new Shield Director Tony Stark, need worry about gettiing killed on the field. He was Iron-man long before he was a goverment puppet..... I mean director of shield.
Apparently.Am I the only seeing how ridiculous this thread is?