I'm sorry if this has been reported before, as surely someone has already noticed; but here it is again since it's a pretty nasty bug that doesn't seem to have been fixed even thought it has been around for weeks if not more. The initial blanket silence of RoP is supposed to be 4 sec as listed in the tooltip, after some testing, it is pretty clear that the silence only lasts for 3 seconds, which is of course is a complete and utter deal breaker in PvP. I tested on a variety of mobs and players, so it is not due to silence reducing effects.
Tooltip starts at 4 seconds, but right as it drops below 4 seconds, it displays 3 seconds. So even if duration is 3.9999 seconds, tooltip will display 3 seconds, not 4.