[MegaBlues]

For some reason, no one got told to pick Martial Artist/play Hyattr/play a ranged class when Clumsy and Immobilize were adjusted.

Silence is absolutely fight-deciding to certain classes/builds without an answer, just like Clumsy or Immobilize. As far as I'm aware, the reason that inherent immunity got added to them is because being stuck in that situation isn't fun and being pidgeonholed into a handful of setups to avoid the risk of being shut out doesn't lend itself to variety.