All enemies can knockback and disarm?

[Nyssine]

so i'm kinda new, haven't played since 2017 and even then i only really played for a few days with my ex and my brother, but i don't remember being knocked around and disarmed so frequently by NPC enemies like i am now and i'm just wondering if this is intentional or a bug or something

if it is intentional, i'm really curious as to why? like, i get the impression that RvR is the main focus and that's fine because i love PVP in MMOs, but i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do about all enemies being able to juggle and CC me like this, it's pretty bizarre since i haven't unlocked any CC abilities yet and i'm not sure if my main careers have any (warrior priest and witch hunter btw)

tbh it's also pretty jarring that even some random diseased rat can aggro onto me and knock me like 50 ft off a cliff

[Aethilmar]

Yes it is intentional, no they have never really explained it and yes it is (mostly) jarring and not fun.

[akisnaakkeli]

Mobs always had Kb's and Kd's. Some Sorc enemies have Sorc abilities,Same goes for all classes. they use potions as well. There was quite a long time that Npc Mobs quite literally only auto attacked you so everything was just tank and spank.

People got used to that and now think running instances as 2/2/2 is too much of a ask.

[Kaeldrick]

Do never trashtalk rats, you're putting your life in danger!

[TrainInVain]

I understand some classes like healers and and some rdps needing knockback for defense. Giving it to tanks who can use it right off the bat, can ruin a lot of scenarios IMO. You ride up to a platform in an SC and before you can do anything, you are punted off. By the time you get back up to where the fight is, immunity's are gone, and you get punted again.

Not sure where in the lore all this punting is either.

[Dackjanielz]

i honestly don't understand the purpose of this change they did, i used to enjoy leveling my chars from 1-40 in PVE now i cant stand it.

[bw10]

i honestly don't understand the purpose of this change they did, i used to enjoy leveling my chars from 1-40 in PVE now i cant stand it.

pqs were already super niche. nowadays every mob cc's you and its pretty much unbearable solo. adding cast time to PQ objects was icing on a cake.

[Paxsanarion]

Not enough players on the server find / organize groups to do PvE properly …..at least not easily. Could have been fun with lots of people on the server but now it just another thing to make life difficult casual or solo players who want to level in PvE to save war crests.

[Nyssine]

so the general gist i'm getting is that it was intentional and not fully understood why...

well, is there any chance this will be reverted at some point? i'm sure the devs have gotten plenty of complaints

[Sulorie]

I understand some classes like healers and and some rdps needing knockback for defense. Giving it to tanks who can use it right off the bat, can ruin a lot of scenarios IMO. You ride up to a platform in an SC and before you can do anything, you are punted off. By the time you get back up to where the fight is, immunity's are gone, and you get punted again.

Not sure where in the lore all this punting is either.

In SC with platforms or height differences it's a primary task for tanks to punt people down. You have to try to avoid the punt by putting yourself against an object with your back. Try to get immunity without getting punted and then do what you want. Your own tanks have to punt their tanks btw.