Some of what you guys might be experiencing is due to speed boost, which a great deal of players have in pvp(at least the good ones). Basically speed boost negates every slow power in the game, whether it's caltrops, tar patch, freezing rain, snow storm, whatever. Heck it pretty much negates travel power suppression as well. So if you see someone superspeeding around through slows like they are nothing, and never being affected by travel power suppression, it's because they have speed boost on them.