@soopavillain420 come on dude its a pirate game at least say "Sink or Swim"

Evolve or die.

While I do not agree that knock-back should be out and out removed I do believe it should be nerfed or reworked, But I also think these two other replies are a bit disingenuous, first the casual dismissal that people can't have a genuine complaint about it and that "we're whining because it frustrates us" (not even touching the sword lunge thing lol, that's not a valid technique to combat knock-back) and the second which essentially boils down to a "get good" view on dodging to sum up with Jontron's quote "If you do the thing and you do it right and you dont F@#k it up it, it works, it just works" but takes nothing into account like the skill of the guy shooting, or maybe there is two and they're juggling you between shots, try dodging two players...better yet two skilled players, you'll be peppered before you can say salt. The knock-back can be a pain in the stern even when you're shooting, your beautiful sniper shot punishes you because it knocks them 15m away into the water where you cant see them anymore, or how about a galleon pulling up by your tiny sloop and you get pistol shot not just off the helm but OFF YOUR WHOLE BOAT... not a cannon, a pistol, now your swimming and they can board your sloop at their leisure. Anecdotal or not I've Sailed with many MANY players who rage at the fact they got slingshot meters away from where they we're by a single shot.

@thegreatestmoo
It is easy enough to dodge shotguns and ESEPECIALLY snipers,

i have been in the same situations where i am out of ammo but my ememy has plenty,
as he is about to fire i will jump around and dodge like a man on fire, when he starts the reload process ATTACK, but keep moving and jumping as it helps a lot, just need to get used to it.

keep practising and im sure you will be able to avoid being blown back.

my advice to you would be to rememeber the 5 D's of pirating

Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge

@thegreatestmoo you have a sword lunge that gets you close. Why should features you don't like be removed other people like them or adapt to them or dislike them without calling for their removal. Your only argument is it frustrates you so it should be removed?