Brazilian Developers working on Path of Exile 2 - slow backwarding during combat

As we can see in the announcement Brazilian Developers working on Path of Exile 2, the character moves slowly backward during combat. In my opinion, this is an unnatural behavior that forces the player to move slowly when they might want to escape quickly.

Retreating should be as fast as possible, and if we want to attack while fleeing, the character could turn around, giving the player the choice between running away quickly or moving more slowly while attacking.