Where did sector 7, 8 and 9 in Incursions go? Has lower sectors gotten more difficult now?

I just realised that sector 7, 8 and 9 has disappeared from Incursions.

Does this mean that sector 5/6 is now equivalent in difficulty to what sector 7/8/9 used to be?

And if that is the case then why haven't i been downgraded to an easier tier with the sectors that now are equivalent to the difficulty that sector 4/5 used to be?

Comments

WinterFields

In one of the Twitch streams, they mentioned changing the number of incursion zone difficulties to be more like what they had in the last incursion SQ. Here are links to the announcements:

https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/twitch-stream-summary-september/

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/346238/more-incursions-improvements-in-metal-pool-meltdown#latest

ahmynuts

Essentially yes, they consolidated the difficulties and rewards

Viper198787

I’m not sure if you looked at incursions last month but that’s when they launched the incursions rework with the new sectors.

laserjohn26

Incursions are significantly easier since the changes. To clear 25 rooms or sector 6 it took about an hour an a half and zero items yesterday. To the point where you don't even need to read nodes. I just look at defenders now to pick a path.

WinterFields

Incursions are significantly easier since the changes. To clear 25 rooms or sector 6 it took about an hour an a half and zero items yesterday. To the point where you don't even need to read nodes. I just look at defenders now to pick a path.

I wouldn't go so far as to say not to read the nodes. Imagine taking Herc with low health in with fisticuff, heals 1% unless you have a buff, can shrug off debuffs, and hard to dex specials, or use a villain with the Pursuit of Justice node. I like the changes they made, but sometimes you could still get tough node combinations that require specific counters that you should be on the lookout for