Knockbacks do not belong in pvp

I actually got MC spammed into a DC the other day and I was furious.

I had a priest MC d/c me and when I log back in one of the dps was rage whispering me so I just logged out.

Blastwave was a long time staple of fire I thought

Like it actually precedes thunderstorm

Edit: ah wait idk when it became a knock rather than a daze

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This just happened to me. Another hunter used explosive trap, I went through the wall and DCed. It wouldn’t let me log back in so I lost 150 rating… at 2255 to 2105… any chance blizzard is going to fix this and or give me my dang rating back?...

Slim to none, unfortunately.

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No, you were outplayed by the map. Straight to jail.

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If knockbacks are staying, I want siegebreaker knockback returned to the game :triumph:

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Allow us to combine Whirling Dragon punch to knock someone into the air and then mighty ox kick them across the map. Please.

We won’t even need Dance anymore too. Stealth modifiers work with Subterfuge and the new Outlaw talent that extends it, so we effectively will have our own proper flavor of Dance tied to our one Vanish (that’s on Restless Blades cdr BUT STILL).

So having Dance accessible just kinda shoehorns Outlaw into being something it’s not necessarily supposed to be, and dilutes any benefit they would get from the new stealth elements in the spec (because if there’s two “stealth modifier window” cooldowns, you have to balance them like it), in addition to being weird class-fantasy-wise (dropping flash bombs and decking someone from the smoke is cool, purple power is lame).

I love Bushlaw and the new coming Crackshot talent, but for the love of the seven seas, get Shadow Dance out of here. It’s overkill.

Edit: I realize this reply is now to a post 22 days old. Whoops.

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IIRC blast wave knockback started in wotlk, so same time as thunderstorm & death grip. so most of the iconic abilities that reposition enemies.

fwiw wotlk alpha? beta? had heroic leap (got pushed forward to cata), and warlocks got port in wotlk. so there were a lot of mobility changes, just not all stuck around.

like shadow dance was originally a long CD that lasted for 20s or something. and you just spammed the actual cooldown vanish every 3s, including it’s i-frame & snare break, mentioning because that was obviously a strong offensive + mobility cd.

bladestorm obviously wotlk, tehcnically a mobility cd. i’m sure there’s plenty i’m not remembering.

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This is why we are here. He don’t even want the bug fixed. He just want to nerf who he lost to. lol

Now dats real POWA :boom:!!!

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Removing all knockbacks would remove the bug. 2 for 1 deal.

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The technical capability is there, based on the Landslide - Upheaval interaction on Augvokers.

It would be nice to have more of these combo abilities.

You they said they couldn’t do anything about it lol

speak for urself man, i think this game needs more AOE CC!

AOE DISARMS!
AOE FEARS!
AOE ROOTS!
AOE KNOCKS!
AOE STUNS!
YEAH DUDE!

cuz… **** actually plaing the game!!!

i hope next xpac they introduce some AOE DISCONNECTS… INSTANT CAST OF COURSE!!!

I get it… landing a dope trap at the right time and then securing the kill… is an expression of skill…

but me playing melee getting CC fifty times in 20 seconds while im just trying to do damage in the team fight? GARBAGE GAME DESIGN

Hard to feel sorry for a spec that has been pretty much top tier for the xpac honestly. Knock backs absolutely belong in this game. As do stun, fears, poly and hexes

I agree!

Until they give back Shining Force to Priests. Then I will disagree.

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Based

Knocks are fine, but the physics used for some of them seem kinda whacky.
On level ground you are bumped back like 5-10 yards.
You add a pixel amount of elevation and you might fly across a map.
Most knocks are a slight bump.
Some knocks basically put your character into an imaginary glider that you can’t control or jump out of.

Aside from that…
Blade’s Edge is terrible for this and various other reasons. It should be removed from the game, or at least from the ranked pool.
Same with the current unranked EOTS map. There’s no reason to keep it when we already have a better design of that map that is used for RBGs.