I think there are things in this game that warrants the devs focus a bit more than this. Besides if sprint was unlimited, why just not make it a passive? We could all look like we're on speed all the time! It would look silly and stressful. It's fine the way it is. Needing to run from here to there is just part of the mmo experience.

Be careful what you wish for though. The wow community had the same complaints which led to the devs bunching all relevant npcs and gathering nodes in to a single hub area, and it turned out to be the worst experience ever.

What you're advocating is essentially the same thing. Because when you think about it, running super fast between all your nodes and npc is just a regular selection menu with an elaborate overlay.

Mobile gaming comes to mind. Imo.