Devs come on you do all this work to try to fix the wars, but forget the most important thing. You forgot to make it where you cannot change equips during war. Last war equips could be changed mid war. This makes war 3 nullified due to people exploiting this. And needs immediate attention ASAP.
BIGGEST LETDOWN or did you just not take into account BFE with matchup? not impressed devs either way
I did not participate in war 3 so can't comment on the specifics, however what you have said happened would not in any way invalidate war 3. The ONLY time it would be a problem is if SOME ( but not all) players knew about it beforehand and unequiped for matchup and then equipped for war. Any individual changing out a piece or pieces of equipment during a war will not materially impact the outcome of the war. Similarly if everyone knew then all had equal opportunity. Yes, it is a glitch that needs to addressed but the content , tone and assertions in your post are just wrong.