Sorry but seeing as this has been going on for 1 and a half year approximately and we've had ... how many patches so far?
Since 2.2 (it was promised to be fixed in 2.3) and now we're in 3.0.
So nothing has still been fixed, I was shed light upon this when I purchased the Ziost Guardian Lightsaber and discovered the effect disappears once you do a certain set of skills, having the matter in my hand I decided to submit a ticket/bug report (I spent a mil on it after all).
And now I have discovered that it's been going on for 1.5 years and nothing's been done.
So please BioWare, can you please finally fix this because this is *********** ridiculous?
All these special Cartel Market items, they come with the added effect but during battle if you even do 1 *********** skill it just disappears and it becomes a normal lightsaber, do you think that's cool?
I can imagine how it is for the Gray Helix lightsaber guys lol, the effect is huge there and very visible.
So, to conclude all this I urge you to please hurry up with fixing this bug, we're all waiting for it.
(Thank you and sorry if this post seems like a whiny one).
Assaji