Not gonna lie, I love speed runs (assuming the party can handle it lol), way more fun! There is nothing worse than a SMN getting stuck with small mobs, because 3 enemies, or 20, they'll all die at around the same speed. XD

Although I'm sad to hear you got kicked as a newbie. That's not ok. If rest of party isn't ok pulling big it's not a major hardship to slow it down.