Wow is all I have to say. There has to be some way to stop the knock downs NPC's use it's honestly ridiculous. I know stuns but are there any items, anythinggg that reduces the chance of getting knocked down??? Literally every fight I just got into I was knocked down more than once... Gets a bit annoying after a while.
i find that if i see the npc charging i start shaking my mouse straight away it blocks it and your character gets pushed back a bit, it could be a coincidence but it does work.
There is gear with anti-knock stats but if you wear them your just gonna get destroyed anyway since you compensate the standard con/LP% armour over knockdown lol.
If you know you have a mob that your fighting that does consistant knockback. Including those fights where your fighting 2-3 supers that can knockback constantly, I would just bring extra gear that has KD defense on it and switch it out when your done. It might be annoying to switch out gear in this method since I dont see a hotkey macro that allows a quick switch. I used to do this all the time in FFXI as the situation would change and I would need more evasion.