That is exactly right Poochy, however for those people who have reached the point where xp'ing on VT mobs is the only option. They have a choice in gear that will add haste or att or acc as well as the ability to send merit points to certain passive traits covered in the OP.
I am a war by profession, killing is my specialty, so I provided this guide as a way to add weight behind investing in DA merit points, and lotting on byako's hadate. As opposed to reducing timers and putting ATT-STR on the legs.
This gives consumers a guide as to what they are buying by using a piece of equipment and/or investing in merit point upgrades when combined with the traits of their main and sub jobs.
This is not a critique on the effectiveness of the whm haste spell alone. However I did do extensive example calculations on how to put a Damage/MP ratio on the haste spell in another post (It turns out to a surprisingly high ratio - on par with drain but constrained by the effectivenss of the DD recipient).
Edited, Fri May 20 14:56:10 2005 by tarekthedestroyer