I think the talent is silly/stupid/unreasonable. We are not talking about a change in game mechanics (moving faster in combat or similar) we are talking about a gameplay mechanic when exploring or otherwise 'mucking' around town. I can understand how it does not bother you and I can understand if the developers feel it somehow breaks immursion to have movement be a bit faster but the talent idea is just lame IMHO. I do hope the developers provide some option to move faster (whether it be a .cfg manual edit or a toggle run button) but ultimately I guess it is up to them.
It was just a suggestion. Heck, I complained that specialty arrowheads were hard to come by and suddenly there's a talent that gives characters a low percentage chance of recovering used arrowheads from a battle. Not exactly the solution I was looking for, so I know what you mean.
That aside, as I said earlier I would be really surprised if someone couldn't just use the editor to make a potion that permanently modifies your characters movement speed, at which point you might be able to just drop it on the beach at the starting location, drink it, and play the game at the pace you prefer.
That is just a guess, though.
