Since SSG has resources to silently change Lord of Blades pre-raid geometry after 12 years, it's long overdue to move one of the three shrines at the end of Just Business to the midpoint. Completing 85% of the quest without a shrine then choking on three at the end is the biggest player gripe with that quest. If there wasn't a requirement to complete this quest before moving on to Part 2 of the Sharn chain, I'd skip it every single life.
I'm curious about LOB changes -- not run it in a bit. What happened? (Hmm, unless by "pre-raid" you mean the L19 heroic quests, which I'm not sure if I've ever run and certainly wouldn't notice changes).
And the stupid gather mechanic when peeps jump in n afk
IMHO, leader needs punt ability at any time during a quest. It's easy to identify bad leaders that punt for specious reasons and never join their groups again. It's impossible to fix a troll without handing the troll a win by forcing the group to disband and reform.
This is particularly important when it comes to raiding, where a malicious troll can scale their annoyance-power by 11.
BTW, on the Just Business scene topic, I detest and abhor cut-scenes in games. When I want to WATCH a movie, I won't be PLAYING a game. I did like the Bond-homage the first time because it was a little surprising for DDO to have one and because it was cleverly done. But waiting every time gets pretty old.
The singular DDO feature I like most is the voice-delivery for it's stories instead of cut-scenes precisely because it does not waste my time or force me to choose between quest or story. I get both AND speed; ie. permits simultaneous questing + story.
I would certainly approve of DDO doing their house-cleaning on Just Business right in front of us.