Change Axe's knockBack to knockDown

Hi:

I can understand as a Blaster why Knock-Back is much more preferable than a Knock-Down effect on powers, but as a Melee, I am not sold on the same principle.

A few nights ago, I decided to play my Fire/Axe Tank, sure its not the best AT build, but she was created in the original days of the game, where Fire tanks were allowed to be great or before the great fire tank nurf. Never the less, I joined a Positron, got my level nurfed from 50 to 15 and went to work. As I engagd clockwork, it became incredibly annoying that I would hit the clockwork once and it would get knocked back a considerable distance. I could ignore the other 6 Clocks on me, and run after the Clock I knocked away or switch target and swing. In practicallity it was more expedient to simply change target and swing. The experience went as follows:

Target Clockwork
Hit by clock, zapped by clock, zapped by clock, hit by clock, zapped by clock, hit by clock
Swing at clock, hit and knocked way away
Hit by clock, zapped by clock, and so on...
Re target clock
Hit by clock, zapped by clock and so on
Swing at clock, hit and knocked way away
Hit by clock, zapped by clock, and so on...
Re Target Clock
Hit by clock, zapped by clock, and so on...

I hope the sequence above, helps illustrate the frustration experienced by using my axe powers, when compared with mace, both have same damage capacity but Mace has a disorient effect and Axe has knock-Back. When a mace user strikes, the victim remains within range of a second attack while possibly disoriented, the axe user simply knocks the target away to prevent a follow up attack. This has an effect of drastically dropping the damage ability of the axe wielder over a stock of time, since the mace can go hit hit hit, while axe is hit, chace, hit, chase, hit.

It would be nice if the Axe attack for tankers would have its seconday effect changed from Knock-Backs to Knock-Downs. Its not like I need the knock-back as a survival mechanism.

Hugs

Stormy

Ps: Perhaps other melee attack types should be switched from Knock-back to knock-Down as well, I find my MA scrappers having the same issue.

This is more of a playstyle preference. Some prefer the KB, others don't. I do see how it can be annoying to a player. It would be nice if these secondary effects could be swapped as part of powerset customization (ie. swapping KB to KD).

Clockwork are vulnerable to knock, and knockdowns become knockback when fighting even cons.

All Ax powers are either knockdown (0.67 Mag) or Knock up. (which doesn't move them).

Try fighting something other than clocks.

you say you have the same problem with MA? MA only has 1 knockback power crane kick.

Yep.

Dragon's Tail is a PBAOE knockdown (0.67) unless slotted for KB (or versus clocks)

Crane kick is pretty high Mag KB, but it is only one power.

Don't forget Tsoo are also prone to KB. There's a couple more, aren't there?

Thank you for responses,except Brogo who needed to be a smart you know what, my posting was as I referenced with the clockwork, and thus fix or no fix, they were being sent all over and it simply frustrated me as I indicated. Ironically, I did had problems with Martial Arts, but again it was with clocks, I did not made the connection that clocks were the common denominator, at the time.

Hugs

Stormy