Glitching in APQ

Last night I went with some friends to Amoria to do the APQ. I was leading, so once we all were ready, I started. The moment I got into stage one, I rushed to glitch the stage and so it happened, but then one of the party members started telling me by party chat that it was wrong to do that, that we could be banned for that and that saving 1 minute was not worth the risk. I know he was perfectly right, however, glitching stage 1 of APQ has become so common nowadays that I can't tell any more if it's indeed wrong. Most leaders (if not every one) know how to do it and even the party members ask for it. It can be said, that's become part of the procedure to clear APQ..

So, what do you guys think? do you think it is wrong, good or doesn't matter?

Please don't turn this into a general issue asking about other glitches or if glitching is good.