Poor guy, you need to play all roles of the assassin before you start dogging the class. Induction also ignores 50% of armor and you get additional armor penetration as well... And as far as not hitting 2.5k then its your gear. I am lvl 61 SA and can easily shock 3k+ 4k+ with adrenals in full darkness spec. DPS spec can hit upwards of 6-7k. Replace all your mods with surge / crit and your g2g. Reckleness + crit relic + consumables = dead ppl all over. Do some more research, spend a million trying different builds like I did, and maybe you will grasp the class a bit better
Oh btw can tank anything in a raid situation as well, and don't rely on force taunts.