Sorry I'm late to the party, just started looking around the forums and found this thread. Since Abyssea came out, even my casual-player style has been able to get my hands on some nice haste gear for my jobs, and the difference is incredible. When I first started playing this game, I thought haste was overrated(mostly because I didn't have any). Now that I've got some of my melee jobs to 26% haste, I can see it firsthand and wow, what a difference.