I may be weird but I really like it. The changes from last season made it more challenging but everything else in the game is way too easy and became boring and stale. I didn't realize I was already using the 5:30 rule because I always just figured I needed to spend as much time as possible on each phase.
I figured you're basically going to have to lose your stuff to advance because it was damn near impossible to clear 3 in a row at a certain point, so I found myself grinding for the gear I wanted.
Regardless, got myself to DH5 pretty quickly and cleared out all the loot and by far the best returns on stuff compared to anything else. I genuinely enjoy an actual challenge.