I have a question re: duration of the RR5 shield trip ability.

When I use it in RvR it seems to last way less than the stated 10 seconds. (e.g., it always seems shorter than my non-purget slams).

So I decided to test it out in a duel with my bot. I shield tripped her and started trying to have her run. Within 3 seconds she was moving slowly, and by the time the shield trip icon disappeared from her screen she was running at full speed.

Is this how roots normally work? (I'm sadly ignorant re: cc dynamics).

Yes this is how roots work. They work for max reduction at the beginning of the root.. then it slowly bleeds off towards the end of the duration.

Actually when DAoC first came out it worked the other way around .. it was kinda funny.

V