...that has never been altered, like waiting for a certain item on the first circle. With how low the playerbase has gotten, is it really looked down upon if someone does it by exiting the game and it takes 10 minutes - instead of a real life hour?

You'd think that over a bunch of years things like this would have got the "Hey....yeah that is annoying crap, let's fix it and make it fun!"

Disclaimer : I'm not saying the Inferno is annoying crap, but certain aspects are really a drag sometimes for no apparent reason beyond "let's make them wait forever to do something fun"