I did. But, eh. I shrugged and just ditched the Assassin. It seems like a petty thing to be annoyed by, but it annoys the hell out of my that my character concept was getting reamed by a senseless mechanic.

I asked a couple of GMs about this and got a generic 'you need a double bladed lightsaber to use those abilities'. Uh, thanks for that I guess...? It still strikes me as an utterly alien design choice. There's no pay-off, no advantage, nothing different. It just weakens the character for no good reason.

Basically, who the heck said to themselves 'alright we shall give Assassins the ability to use electrostaves...and have them do nothing but disable a significant portion of the class abilities, reducing their effectiveness to a considerable degree' then toddled off, satisfied they had made an excellent choice with their class design? It just...boggles my mind. There is absolutely no point in them from any perspective other than an aesthetic one. They are always going to be a substantially weaker choice than the equivalent level lightsabers you'll find dotted around...an issue Sith Warriors and Jedi Guardians don't have as Vibroswords work with all their abilities. It's mad.

A lot of people in the UK were legitimately screwed out of using their codes early on due to an issue with distribution. A fair few people have decent reason to get irritated about this.

This is the most frustrating part for me. I'm unable to play with my friends not because I put my code in late but because there was a ridiculous ****-up on the distributor's end. It's immensely frustrating seeing everyone else in-game.