The control effects need to be longer. But..how long do they last at high level? My opinion is that monsters need to dish out twice the damage, and control effects need a duration that is 3 seconds out of the box. Monster damage goes hand in hand with control duration.
I have created two characters, one is level 1 and one is level 4. The level 1 just developed the missing golden trail bug. The level 4 still has the trail working normally. It may be because I changed keybinds for the level 1. Thats the only difference in what I did. The level 4 never changed keybinds.