On a happier note I did some testing of Accelerando last nite vs. Root.
This was prompted because prior to the patch I had made the following
observation accidentally in Kithicor.

I was running across the zone when a skeleton of some description rooted me.
Accelerando was up and running and of course I stuck in place. Since the
Mob wasn't advancing I quickly switched to twisting the two MR songs I had
memmed to hopefully resist some spells until Root wore of. Two pulses later
when I got the "you slow down" message from Accelerando running out I was
free! Even though I had the Root icon clearly on the screen I was able to
run to the zone. Immediately on the other side of the zone I was Rooted for
several minutes. I tested this again before yesterday's patch and the
pattern held, Accelerando, if it was on when the Root stuck, would break the
Root when it wore off.

After the patch this has again changed. Last nite I tested some more to see
what other change had been made. If you are Rooted and Accelerando is not
up, it will not break it. If Accelerando is running when you get Rooted
however, the very first "Your feet move faster" pulse message will break you
free. This happened every time I tried it, both with Root and Ghoul Root.
The icon remained on the screen and moving to a new zone caused the Root
icon to again take hold.
For now, as long as Accelerando is running when you get Rooted, relax. At
the next pulse you should (to use Verant's wording despite my actual real
testing) be able to move freely. If Accelerando goes down though you will
not be able to restart it. If you zone with that Root icon still on your
screen, expect to be Rooted on the other side.

Kitasi