Jumping = Not needed, but would make exploring a bit nicer, and who knows maybe even a aid a little in battle. It's just more to do, and that is something this game needs drastically. Rapidly jumping in all the people's faces who find it annoying would be better than sitting around doing nothing after leves. XD

I don't get why people find rapid jumping annoying. I get the whole immersion thing, but is it really that bad that it has to be banned from this game? The creators want to make this game great and mostly, get some money out of it. Jumping opens up more terrain options and maybe a few battle mechanics so there is no reason not to add it if it makes the game funner. If it sacrifices some immersion then so be it.

If not manual jumping then how about Zelda style jumping? That worked nicely and flowed nicely as well.