I really like what you guys have done with the officer class - its a great idea.  However, I suggest that you give the officers a competant weapon.  It's just not fun running round with a pistol and not having much of a chance in pitched battles.  I see the officer as being the Sergeant of a squad - after all, they are kitted out with the necessary armour etc as if they were proper front-line infantry men.  Sergeants are fully trained infantry soldiers - they are trained to use the proper weaponry; for example, you wouldn't see one in real life combat using a handgun. 

I think the officer class should be given maybe the same weapon as perhaps the medic class, or maybe even the trooper class but without the scope and zoom.  It would make playing an officer more enjoyable.

But, if thats not how you want officers to be then maybe you could consider changing the skins in a future release.  The imperial officer could have the uniform, boots and hat like the real imperial officers from the films - http://www.jedimoves.com/files/center/c … perial.jpg - maybe something like that.  This would impose the concept that officers are meant to be in the back ground and out of harms way, with the rest of the squad up front doing most of the fighting - which is how it is now.