Guild Wars 2

Is it possible to at some point get an update that gives a viable means of dealing with roots? Or does anyone have advice about how to deal with this? (I know avoid the root, but when that fails).
It seems to me that getting rooted usually is “game over” for a ranger both in wvw and pvp (you can dodge but that won’t help a lot if you don’t get out fast). Compared to thief that can easily get out of any root, I have to wonder if we could get better chances of getting out.

Also the ranger elite root has a very obvious animation. Would it be possible to tone it down a bit. At the current time, no player who pays attention and has any evade up will ever get caught in it.

I hate immobilize. Even if Lighning reflex would remove that, it would be just another must have utility. Looking forward to Anets plan on active condition clearing, as Jon Sharp mentioned that is something he would like to see. However if you face an organized group of 5+ and they want to nail you down, they will.

The only thing that you can do now is use defensive stuff to survive immob.
Runes of melandru + lemongrass poultry soup = -65% immobilize duration.

During immobilizy you can use the defensive skills from your weapons like Shortbow 3, Greatsword 4 and maybe 1 (Evade in autoattack if the enemy is in front of you), Sword 3 and maybe 2(not sure), Dagger 4.
The -condition duration + the use of these evasive abilities makes surviving immobilize alot easier. If you get caught in another rangers entangle if you use the -condition duration setup and autoattack with greatsword 1 and press “move forward” at the same time you usually get out of it in about 2-5 seconds.
You could also destroy the roots.