MBII really needs an ingame tutorial to help new players get used to the game before they get in and die quickly. Many new players to MBII haven't even played JKA, let alone have any experience on the Quake 3 engine.
Why not give it to hero? Currently they can only choose between the e-11 and pistol 3 for regular weapons, where as the Bounty Hunter has access to the DLT rifle.
Would definitely be a nice feature, whenever I play as Palpatine I want his hilt at the ready. You could even set it up to have every specific model have a default hilt, but I don't think that is necessary.
On the subject of arc, I liked it when the arc pistols shots were slower moving than a regular pistol, but a bit stronger than the regular pistol.
Btw, are the arc pistol shots slower than a regular pistol?