Getting your health chunked / killed while Guard is up is the worst feeling.

[Karasio]

BRD would literally be trash without their silence...They are barely viable as it is and they absolutely do not have solid damage as they are entirely reliant on the team. They have an "ok" burst phase that's only viable BECAUSE of silent. Locking you out of being able to use CD's and forcing you to burn purify is the entire point of CC. Learn how to pvp.

Big issue I have with bard is the lack of a proper visual cue for silence. Other CC effects are very visible and audible, namely stun. But silence just sorta happens. Annoying. Also hate how it just locks you out of doing ANYTHING. No OGCDs, nothing. Side note, doesn't bard have a bind as well?

Anyways, diminishing returns would be a very welcome addition since some braniac on the balance team thought it would be a good idea to have almost every fucking job have some form of CC, and god knows their netcode isn't good enough for purify to help in any meaningful way. Gut at least half the hard CC from PvP and let the support jobs really stand out, give them an actual purpose other jobs can't fill but way better lmao. Cause like, why would you ever play bard when you can play red mage? You get the same silence, but also a much more impactful LB, stronger kit, etc etc.