Videos - Battlemage and Wildhunter

Completely agreed. The panther is slow, too. It doesn't look like the speed differs too much from regular walking, with the exception of that mini flash jump shown later in the clip.
That aside, these classes look very tacky. They should have just stopped with Pirates. Hell, even Arans were alright. But then things kept getting flashier and tackier, and now we have a class that gets its own mini-strafe at level 10, along with an oversized panther. The fact that they're wielding a crossbow, of all weapons, is like salt in the wounds.

To be blunt, I hope this never comes to GMS.

The panther becomes faster as you level the skill.
Of course it will come to GMS ._.