Bioware staff - Clueless

Because I already asked you a three point question asking exactly what you issue was - and you replied to all 3 parts saying that the issue was with all 3 things (gm not knowing, the fact your class couldnt use it and the fact that it dropped in the first place).


Why do people who make these sorts of threads always resort to personal insults simply when people who reply to them dont have the same opinion as them...

Most of them are just trained to handle specific types of issues. It would be the same as going to a customer service desk at the super market after you bought steak and arguing that the recipe you are reading from for Rosemary Chicken should have additional instructions for steak.

They aren't there to know all the products, or all the things to do with those products, they are just trained to handle specific types of issues.

I just think a lot of people assume the GM staff plays the game. Not just that but assume they have all ran the end game content AND every race/class combo with every weapon combo.

This! Wow, I would be doing cartwheels if a human actually responded, not a automated response from a "protocol droid".

It really is exactly the same. When you select the Assassin Advanced Class you see this:

Class Role: Tank, Damage
Weapon: Double-Bladed Lightsaber
Armor: Light
Resource: Force

There are no surprises. My point stands and by your logic your own point is invalidated because at the end of the day, the player can just spec into Madness.

Just like in WoW where there are abilities spread throughout all three rogue trees that increase damage to specific moves or when specific types of weapons are equipped, the Assassin has the same options. All the OP has to do is focus on spending points into abilities that don't just effect moves that require Double-Bladed Lightsaber only weapons.

Torian

Yeah, it is nice to talk to an actual person. I mean, I get why they can't though. If all these people would take the time to read and stop reporting bugs through the CS tickets and start reporting bugs through the appropriate method like it says to we should then we may actually be able to get a timely response for a change.

A Madness Assassin =/= Madness Sorceror. It may have some range compared to Darkness/Deception, but for the Assassin, it's still primarily a melee tree. We don't stand there and cast - we still use saber skills.

Obviously I saw the class description - yes, I knew exactly what I was getting into. I haven't used anything but a double saber. It doesn't change the fact that gaining a useless weapon proficiency upon choosing that AC makes no sense. It's like rolling a Paladin and getting fishing poles as a weapon specialization at level 10, despite not being able to *do* anything with it besides autoattack...and fish.

Because some skills are intended to be used with specific weapons. Doesn't mean you can't use it with other skills. In this case it's designed so that you are pushed into sticking with the primary weapon for the class. Trying to Maul with anything but a saberstave makes no sense.

The first part of your post makes my point exactly. The Madness tree focuses on non-specific Sith Assassin skills, and most of those don't require a Double-Bladed Lightsaber. I'm not sure that was what you intended to do, but thanks for that.

You can argue that gaining electrostaves is 'useless' all you want, but it is not true. The weapon serves a purpose and can be equipped while you use a good portion of your abilities. It has a function therefore by definition it is not useless. Would you be gimping yourself by equipping it? Yes, of course, the same way you'd be gimping yourself as a protection Paladin equipping a two handed weapon. The majority of your abilities require one-handed weapons and a shield, but you still have the option to equip a two-handed weapon if you so desire.