is knockback rude?

[karateorangutang]

If it's in the name of knocking a mob back into a group or trying cancel a cast then no.

If it's spamming it cause its a oGCD then yes it is rude. I try very hard on tank to keep the mobs grouped and facing one direction so that conal aoe's are only directed at me. If the mob is bounced out and I have to reposition to get things back into place then your not only being annoying, you are also possibly lowering the parties DPS. If I have to move things around then melee DPS are missing positionals and that is never good.

[Azazua_azura]

as a person who played 1 job of each role to 60. YES! it is rude, it can interupt a tanks rotation, send a mob out of its "leesh" area causing them to reset, prevent/make it harder for players to use their skills on it such as bane, shining emerald, or other aoe skills. Knock backs are only meant for solo situations to kock back the mob slighty if its killing you faster then expecting giving you a relief moment to recover, or if you got aggro on a mob you can kock it to tank. When i was playing as a DRK i wanted to kill just about every MCH i came across because they OVERLY used said knock back which just made it that much harder for me to play the job.

To me the knock back spam some ppl do is worst then hearing every guard in skyrim saying "arror to the knee" and i slaughter many guard when i heard that too much. (gor my eveil sword powered up and ebony armor maxed out though fun times)

using knock backs at wrong times pretty much goes against team play which again in think is rude.

[Sinaloa]

It´s basicly similar to healer dps. Not doing it is ok. You will get away with it and aren´t doing anything wrong. But if you want to improve do it and better do it right or you mess up more than you do good. There are multiple ways to knockback mobs without hurting melees. Wallkicking, interrupting secondary Targets, remove unwanted aggro from a ranged nontank... Finishing mobs with it regulary will grant you even comendations.

[UlricCraft]

No.

The only time it's annoying is a White Mage using it on something that can be rooted.

[Jacosta]

Not sure if it's rude bc I'm sure most aren't intentionally doing it to be a jack_ _ _, but it certainly is annoying.

[Nutz]

Usually it's only rude if done mindlessly or ineptly. I've seen instances, few as they are, where people used aura fluid at least to great success. Usually it's when the WHM pulls a mob, allows it to make its way all the way to the WHM, and then aura fluids it right back into the group. If it weren't for the fact that the WHM has to pull aggro for this to happen I'd find it rather impressive, but usually it goes wrong.

[Averax]

I only ever use fluid aura when i'm by myself. Or when i'm sure it will be a guaranteed kill.

Or when a mob peels off the tank and starts attacking me. (i'm pretty good at estimating the distance things will fly, so i can usually just boot it in front of the tank, and it will be bound until the tank hits it and gets aggro usually.)

[Selli]

I was always under the impression it was really rude and annoying, so I only ever use them on bosses... but knockbacks work on some bosses, so I usually end up apologizing. XD

I have to admit, I use my WHM's knockback in PvP all the time. Mostly out of panic because that person is usually hitting me... people get even more mad in PvP about it than PvE.

[Serilda]

I think it's really rude. I use it when I'm in a 4man with buddies to annoy them or help out (depending on the situation) as WHM, but when I'm in sensible content it's annoying how knockback works on unexpected monsters sometimes and I want to strangle some MCHs who use Blank at weird moments. I wish they would just split the damage and the effect into separate moves - the MCH and WHM abilities are excellent for soloing and it's a shame that they cause so much grief the rest of the time.

I sometimes use the knockback moves when soloing in FATEs for the damage then feel bad when someone I thought was targeting a different monster has to walk to the monster's new position. Oops. Sorry, random strangers.