Almost forgot this. While testing root/Accelerando in the
arena, I noticed that while Accelerando started after you're
rooted will not break root, if you had Accelerando playing
when you're rooted and you leave it playing, the next pulse
*will* break the root. So if you keep Accelerando playing
while pulling from Unrest, and you're not stunned/bashed out
of your song at an inopportune time, the longest you can be
rooted for is 6 seconds. I think this happens because the
root does not remove the Accel icon (it removes the SoW icon).

It's still probably a better idea to carry a pumice stone with
you at all times. One problem I noticed with the stone is
that it won't work if you have a song playing. Turn off the
song and the stone works fine.

Chaining yourself will break the root as well, but you will be
unable to get Accelerando started again until the root icon
disappears (which a pumice stone will do - yet another reason
to use them).

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John H. Kim
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