Oh, life will go one without Ron. No question.
To be brutally frank, just about the only thing I am concerned about with this whole deal is keeping continuity and not having another built in excuse.
Can't you just see Axl telling us mid-next year that there is no album because they had to deal with Ron's exit?
Anything's possible, but I wouldn't expect it to factor or for it to be used as an excuse. As far as we know, the album is in post-recording stages, which wouldn't involve Ron.
But if it does cause delays, then those are the breaks. I made my peace long ago about needing to curb my expectations about new music. But I get that many other fans haven't, so I don't begrudge anyone who might get frustrated over that (to a point).