bard silence tips please :)

Sooo I recently completed the story and got my zenith weapon. And I'm running crystal tower a lot and figured out when I should silence in CT but I eventually wanna do T1 and was hoping to get some tips on how to tell when it's my duty to silence in other dungeons/raids. And just some basic tips on how to master blunt arrow :) Thankss

In T1 you will have to silence "High voltage" of the ADS

For silencing High Voltage in Turn 1 and Turn 2 you'll need two classes with silence to cover them all. Just coordinate with your other silence class which of you will take the first silence, then just alternate back and forth.

There aren't a lot of other times you'll have to worry about silence, so in most cases you'll just want to use Blunt Arrow as extra DPS filler in between your global cooldowns every time it's up.

Okay cool thanks! Appreciate it!

Rather than read and memorize a laundry list of situations in which you may be expected to silence, you should begin to familiarize yourself with what the game considers spells. Stoneskin, paralyze, etc. When you encounter a new situation, ask others in your group and use trial & error. There are many times where you won't be expected to silence but it may help; there are perhaps more situations where focusing too much on silencing something fairly inconsequential will just be detrimental to your DPS and by extension your group's efficiency.

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Originally Posted by Argentt

For silencing High Voltage in Turn 1 and Turn 2 you'll need two classes with silence to cover them all.

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In T1, can't a MNK do it all with Arm of the Destroyer?

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Originally Posted by Amnesia

In T1, can't a MNK do it all with Arm of the Destroyer?

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Yes, but it's a severe DPS loss for the MNK -- much moreso than holding Spirits Within/Blunt Arrow -- which means a severe DPS loss for the group.

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Originally Posted by Argentt

For silencing High Voltage in Turn 1 and Turn 2 you'll need two classes with silence to cover them all. Just coordinate with your other silence class which of you will take the first silence, then just alternate back and forth.

There aren't a lot of other times you'll have to worry about silence, so in most cases you'll just want to use Blunt Arrow as extra DPS filler in between your global cooldowns every time it's up.

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Also, silence the 'ram's voice' in relic/trial version of chimera. Tanks do their best to stun it, but having a brd watch it helps.

Also, you can make a focus target macro for your silence:

/micon "Blunt Arrow"
/ac "Blunt Arrow" <f>
/p Silenced <f>!

You need to set the silence target as your focus target (shift+F) for the macro to work, but it allows you to change your main target for rotating DoTs, killing adds etc. in situations where that's needed. The macro will use Blunt Arrow on your focus target no matter what you have targeted at the moment and then tell your party you've done your silence turn and someone else is next.

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Originally Posted by Taika

Also, you can make a focus target macro for your silence:

/micon "Blunt Arrow"
/ac "Blunt Arrow" <f>
/p Silenced <f>!

You need to set the silence target as your focus target (shift+F) for the macro to work, but it allows you to change your main target for rotating DoTs, killing adds etc. in situations where that's needed. The macro will use Blunt Arrow on your focus target no matter what you have targeted at the moment and then tell your party you've done your silence turn and someone else is next.

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Please don't use this macro when you're using blunt as a normal attack.

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Originally Posted by LunarEmerald

Please don't use this macro when you're using blunt as a normal attack.

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Yes, good point, you should only use the macro for silence duty and use the normal ability when you're just doing DPS. There's no need to inform your party you're using blunt arrow unless you're on silence duty. :)

Actually macros in general i would rather avoid as they cannot always be reliable but in instances were you have multiple Bards it be good so not all waste silence at once
I myself have a macro setup for Mage's Ballad but also have just Mage's Ballad on my hotbar as to not always spam a message
I am fairly certain High Voltage can also be interupted by a tank as well (PLD), as well as Monk as mentioned, therefore i only do coil as blm now days :)
Certain attacks after a while are resistent to silence meaning after the 2nd or 3rd time it does nothing anymore, as you grow you will learn these with experience
As for CT, well again i used to run as Bard when i first started out and do not actually recall situations in there were it would be needed.
Another situation were silence is good is Haukke HM final boss, when the eye enemy spawns and it casts stoneskin, stunning this leaves the boss herself more vulnerable if it is silenced

Hey. I 106 bard with t1-9 clear. For silence I use this macro.

/macroicon "Blunt Arrow"
/mark ignore1 <t>
/ac "Blunt Arrow" <f>
/ac "Blunt Arrow" <t>

The reason for the ignore is so I can still spam my silence without spamming the chat while still informing my team that I used silence. The reason it targets the focus target is because there are fights such as turn 9 where you might have multiple targets. Let\\'s say your team expects you to silence the blue golem, but the green golem needs to die first because it\\'s the biggest threat. With this macro you can quickly focus target the blue golem then switch to fighting green. While in combat with green if you see blue casting earth shock you can just hit your blunt arrow macro and it will instantly silence the blue golem even if your still targeting green.

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As for CT, well again i used to run as Bard when i first started out and do not actually recall situations in there were it would be needed.

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In the Atomos fight where you're split into three parallel sections where 5 party members have to hang back on the glowing platform that allows a neighboring party to attack their Atomos, Dira will sometimes approach and target the circle with a Void Fire III AOE and if it isn't stunned/silenced it can one-shot everyone on the platform if they don't dodge it, and if they do dodge it then by going off the platform they've impacted another party's Atomos fight. The Bard's best positioned to silence this and it shouldn't be needed any more frequently than the 30s cooldown. This one's easy to silence, you'll see her coming at the party, and the cast bar is pretty generous. If she's instead casting the AOE at the OT who's not on the platform and can simply dodge it, it's best to save it vs. put it on CD.