There is certainly no need to stick to RAW,
I, respectfully, disagree.
Jumping in this game is a joke.
Ah! I'll amend what I said to match what I've said in other mechanics threads. There is certainly no need to stick to RAW...so long as you are replacing the RAW with a system that is well thought out, intuitive, easy to use, consistent with other rules in the game, and balanced (and probably several other things that I'm not thinking of right at this moment). There is nothing magical about 5e RAW, but it should probably be the default unless it is being replaced by something strictly better.
My preference would be for them to remove jumping as an action you can take and just fold it into movement and have it happen automatically when it needs to.
