My problem with jumping in FFXIV compared to WoW is that FFXIV is supposed to be a realistic genre of game. If they wanted to make a practical use of the jump feature in FFXIV, they'd have to make all the character races have the same jumping capability, which means all races need to jump the same height. I'd be fine with a lalafell being able to jump maybe... a foot?

What I think is wrong with WoW's jumping is that gnomes jump 8x their body's height because they have to match what a human could jump. I guess my point is FFXIV would be fine with jump as long as it is animation only or used in certain special circumstances that are built into the game's environment. Anything else would just detract from the FF style of genre.