Forum Discussion
One of the moderators is going to reply to this with a few links to other forum posts. One tells you to check your internet connection, even though that obviously isn't the problem. The other is going to explain that the "missing buttons" phenomena isn't a specific bug but rather a general result when the game crashes in PVP. If you search this forum you will find countless posts like yours going back at least 6 years. In other words, the game just isn't stable and isn't ever going to be stable. Every update and every new datacron compounds the problem but making the game work as intended just isn't in their list of priorities. The only consolation is that what goes around comes around and you will likely win a GAC match in the near future because your opponent has a similar crash.
So hang out a bit and a moderator is going to post those links and then this post is going to be labeled as, "solved" and we all move on like the game isn't broken.
LMAO, well, thank you for the reply. Obviously isn't going to help and I doubt I get compensation for it, even though I know for 100% I would have won. Ah well, onto the next problem. Thank you!