These new worlds and dungeons are getting tougher creatures. With these new creatures, the battles are getting long and boring. This isn't any fun for anyone. I just all 3 dungeons of Castle Darkmoor and it took me 12 hours with a team of 4 players. Many people feel as these long battles are as boring as a long car ride. One of the players said he was playing cards while doing this game. The other was doing push-ups in his room. That shows how inactive this game is. As we have these longer battles, more and more people get bored and leave the game because of it. It would be nice to have a fast forward button such as x2, x4, and x8 the combat speed.
If everyone didn't use the option, you'd still have to wait for your teammates (and opponents, if you play PvP) to finish the animations and it would take the same amount of time.