Sidenote, thread merging makes this thing crazy confusing and is hurting/burying some of the discussion imho. Thinking locks on other threads with a message to continue discussing in a central one would work much better, but I'm not a mod, just suggesting...
Beyond that, RNG of assignments with a bunch of new toons is still a bad way to manage how the platoons work for the late phases. I get that is how it works, but I'm stating I think it's wrong and a compromise could be reached that would stop some of this randomness that probably is costing some guilds at least a star or two.
