I think what they are trying to tell you is that even when you you don’t have the any boosted characters except the required character, you still have the 5’s that increase your levels. We were told that 5’s would not account for in our MMR equation, but as of yet they have not been able to take that coefficient out of the equation. Therefore, even though you don’t use those 5’s, you are still penalized because you have them rostered. I hope that helps in some way.
thank you, that was literally all I needed to hear without the extra curricular puffery. I was still under the impression that a single covered 5* didn’t mean anything, but maybe that is indeed the answer.