If they did some sort of knockback preventing for phys ranged, not saying if they should or shouldn't but if they choose to at some point, it'd be awesome if it was a grappling hook with a rope attached.

Since Bards and Mch both rely on firing off shots, like they could fire off a grapple which could make a animated line to the boss or whatever they were trying to hold onto. If people wanna make it a crappy anti-knockback just because bards/mch have more mobility, you could make the grapple thrash the bard/mch about back and forth like they were blowing in the wind and have it still blow them back but just not off the edge. That way, they still lose dps time but it would prevent instant death to falling off. Plus, it's kind of the meme of the brd/mch running around all goofy, so it would be hilarious to see one hanging onto a rope for dear life as they blow away.

I think that might give both sides of this discussion what they want.