Undersized squad flag rewards

I probably just lost a GAC round by underestimating a 79k ewok team - only zeta was Chirp but they had really good mods on the squad and I didn't look at the mods.

Now, they took out 3 of my squads, then left me alone for the rest of the day. Now I've finished clearing their territory and did fairly well, but lost that 1st time bonus against Ewoks. Partly because I lost that, I also accepted a 55 point win against a back-rank squad to get a feat-completion bonus that expired in 10 hours and was worth a lot more than 5 points.

Now if my opponent stumbles but beats a squad on the 2nd chance, those 5 points might be relevant, but if they stumble harder than that, the 5 points are not relevant (I'll def. win), and if they don't stumble on their way to full clear, the 5 points are not relevant (I'll def lose).

Do I like that I lost so many points on my carelessness vs. ewoks? Nope. But if I had beaten the ewoks first try, I never would have finished that feat (getting every last offensive point vs. a good opponent would have been worth 1000 for the guaranteed win, not 250 for completing the feat but losing the match).

So losing that first bout vs. ewoks actually gave me an opportunity to think creatively and try a team I would never have used in order to complete a feat.

I'm not saying you have to be happy about losing a 1st attempt, but there's still a lot you can get out of the format even if you think chances are good you'll lose the round... in fact, it's exactly when you're pretty sure you know how the match will finish that you can step back and say, "Since I know I'm going to win/lose, what can I do creatively that can ?"