Nothing gives me more pleasure in a BG than watching the EFC use their rocket boots to start running away and then hitting them with a death grip to make them run the opposite way.
Or when they try to jump off the GY with the parachute and I death grip them back to me, wasting their boots and chute.
Endless enjoyment.
More on topic though …
This isn’t new news. If it’s such a hindrance to you, drop it and pick up mining and sell the ore/herbs you pick instead of complaining.
You’ll make astronomically more gold than almost any trade skill (at the moment).