I'd say making a comparison between EG and Bonus Area or GHQ might be an unfair comparison (story vs event) but admittedly I've had that feeling before, not the same comparison but in contrast to Pero Gambit. Gambit uses the same system as BA/GHQ despite being an event and for that matter, I think EG is like the only event slow "reel" I've run across.

Whether or not it's worth whining about is a different matter though. Aside from maybe the last day of the second half when people are rushing to get their SEG eliminations in, there's usually no sense of urgency to this particular event, whereas BA/GHQ figure you've gone far enough to not want to waste your time and Gambit has very heavy emphasis on race to the finish.

So yeah, personally, I wouldn't mind if they sped it up but at the same time, I've never really found it that particularly irritating.