How to make character move FASTER?

The only way to speed up your character is with Shift and that only in Multiplayer.

Your horse will run faster with Shift too tho.

It also annoys me a lot so here is what i do:

for rogue inquisitor: fade touched lurker scales (75% mov speed while in stealth) but you have to do little jumps often enough to stay in combat stance to benefit its effect. but with that, believe me you'll run really fast!
For mage inquisitor you can use the same item but you'll have to use the ring of doubt to get stealth, or you do as many others do: you use fade step.
Warriors inquisitors get the worst part of it, since the best thing i've found so far is to use charging bull (more effective with the new upgrade of the ability)
Hope that helps a bit...
cheers

No it's just a masterwork item you randomly get by killing lurkers in the hissing wastes. Just use it when you caft an armor or a weapon and here you go!! Ah, you also need to be arrived at skyhold to be able to use it...
the easiest way to get that item is to save and load when grabbing your trials rewards if you have trespasser dlc installed. If not hope to be lucky by killing lurkers... try to save near 3 or 4 lurkers, kill them and if they don't drop it, reload.
You also can find tier 1 and tier 2 version of that item on fennecs (everywhere) and quillbacks in the western approach (if i remember well).
With the tier 1 version you only get 25% bonus speed which is already nice if you have one, but not so effective. it doesn't worth the effort killing fennecs to drop it IMO.
With the tier 2 it's 50% bonus which is really ok.
It's a shame there is no running alternative for exploration in that game....

alright then...
It seems you won't be able to move faster unless you use the bow you can find in tier 2 chests (don't remember the name), it has a special effects on it, allowing you to move 25% faster in stealth. It has a blue icon and is around level 15 (so level 12 required to use it).
yes you can indeed switch to an archer if DW doesn't fit you, just use the amulett you can buy at the blacksmith in haven or in skyhold.
Have fun!

There's no accelerator for speed in DAI. Instead, you can use abilities.

Warrior: Charging Bull

Mage: Fade Step

DW Rogue: Evade (which is nearly spammable)

Archer: Evade or Leaping Shot in reverse

If you don't mind aggroing a critter, you can also Hook & Tackle off of them to move more quickly, but then the rest of the party is on combat mode and moves more slowly, so it's probably a net loss unless you are solo.

Nah, it became better when the character got more abilities. But I switched to a Mage for completely unrelated reasons anyway. He did have far easier time right away, but rogue caught up in EoU fairily fast. Just the first couple-three levels were a pita.

No, I do not craft. I specifically play sp games so I do not have to craft/upgrade gear ad nausea. I wear what the enemies drop.

I played my rogue till level 10, before switching to Mage, and got fine with it. However, I just obtained Legacy, and am playing it with my DW Hawke, and I love it so much more than DA:I rogue. I just like DA2 playstyle far more. It's easier and gives me far better visuals whenever I don't have to pause and switch characters so can just play on muscle memory. Oh, Revel, you are the best my ❤️ In DAI it moves too fast with abilities, the field of vision is too close up, I can't see neither the opponents, not the PC clearly in melee, let alone my whole party. And I have an extra wide, curved 35 inch monitor. Hawke's moves are so showy and cool.

Is there an option to hack the max zoom out 2x or something?

You know, on my first Play through I have not even noticed the areas were reused over and over until Act 3, I was so engrossed in the stories that played out in those areas. plus, it's the city/cave, how different can it be. Looks good, all good. I like pretty backgrounds, but the structure of the game, with a good pace of the quests and the main story just carried me forward and forward, I enjoyed my PC so much, and I rarely actually LOVE playing melee, so it was all marching to the drumbeat.

Now, the second time I've played, I saw it very clearly. Yep, the same cave. It was not a deciding factor in me abandoning the second PT though. it was because despite my picking different solution to each quest the game did not react like Mass Effect did.

I also absolutely appreciated how easy the DA2 was to get around, while Inquisition drives me nuts with the maps being more convoluted and more mob-infested than SWTOR.

For one play-through DA2 was an absolute blast, and should have outcomes of the quests changed the story, I'd be doing 3 PTs. One with a Purple Rogue + Anders (a prevvy mage fancier), one with a red mage + Fenris (a spoiled mage brat who thinks the others must play by the rules, and she is soooo SPECIAL) and one with a Green Warrior throwing his protective cloak around the shoulders of dat poor damsel in distress, Merrill (your every other game Paladin).

I love fun, fast, WHOA! gaming with surprises at every turn, good-looking/well-voiced characters, the feel of thrill from the character interactions between my Main and his/her friends/enemies/lovers and the story turns. I don't really delight in exploration, gathering and crafting.