Shippo the Fox Wrote:70k Knockback? That actually sounds like a completely good reason for people to take Marksmen over Bowmasters for other reasons than being Short on BM's for Sharp Eyes.
With Snipe and its slow speed, they can keep it knocked back incase it gets to close.
An ideal PB squad would probably include a KB party filled with heros/paladins/marksmen/possibly a DrK (for HB and rush). DP doesnt work on bosses, but Sniping/The charge-up skill can deal some massive damage for KB, then there's Panic with a 10 orb combo + SE, as well as Holy Charge + Blast + SE, and then DrK can rush or spam HB (using sacrifice to do enough damage to KB bean would mean the user takes 15% of 70k+ damage, which is...not a good idea...). With onyx apples, the job of providing knockback could be handled even more easily.
-Another possibility to consider, and an alarming one at that, is that the skills are de-equip skills. As in, the sword de-equips all weapons (meaning you are helpless to re-equip them without some downtime, unless they are auto-re-equipped, which may pose some problems for lowSTAT classes (NLs in particular). The circle could be de-equip armor (which may force a de-equip on weapon), and the double symbol both.