=\ Combat application of movement speed.... really? That's.... a rather improper argument to have for justification of how easy vs how difficult/expensive movement equipment are between jobs.


As I mentioned before, the "outrunning mobs" part makes it possible to run through almost any area without Sneak or Invisible, which saves you more time casting, especially in zones like Ro'Maeve where there's magic aggro all around, even right at the start, and additionally it saves you having Monomi and Tonko tools in your inventory, which is a major plus for me.
So you want to just bull through zones like Ro'Maeve to conserve a 3-4 seconds of casting time and/or 2 ninja tools (which is the equivilant of maybe 100 to 200 gil). You'd rather just ignore using natural tools abilities for avoiding aggro in the first place, as if sneak oils and invisi pots don't exist. It's also rather disturbing now that I remember how many people who've been playing almost as long as me not know you can overcast over invisible.
People diss Spectral Jig but all you have to do is manually remove the sneak effect before it wears and then reuse Spectral Jig without using invisible.

I can understand wanting to run faster, but just using it to bull through zones where you SHOULD be using invisible and/or sneak... can you say lazy? *Side note, if there's nin worried about inventory space and not carrying master ninja tools... I pity them.

It's also very useful for kiting
Jobs that are good at kite are quite capable within their means. Yet it's hard to deny that it wouldn't be useful. But then again, BLM aren't exactly hurting without these days. Sleep, Gravity and just a tiny bit of patience still goes a long way.

Call it for what it is, a side from a few jobs where movement speed is part of combat application (THF,DNC,RDM kiting large mobs for aoe leveling/farming) movement speed is mostly about convenience of travel and maybe the occasional fleeing of danger. I've lost count of how many times fleet wind from garuda help me escape the clutches of an UFO at Sea. Some things are, as Ihnako state, are intentional design.