You can't use global data from war squads to make a case for or against sniper GR. Apart from the other valid points about why; the average base level was 6 for both sides (i.e. the majority of the data comes from players who don't even have the armory). So let's not buy into that argument on either side.
Updated player participation stats (Obi could track each data point like this?):
Imps (164,378 - 161,516 – 159,033)
Rebs (106,323 - 104,875 – 101,509)
Imps loss from previous point: 2,483
Rebs loss from previous point: 3,366
Guessing we will see a big upturn from next week plus time to upgrade (when the new movie gets released and players flock to the game and upgrade enough to join wars). Hoping it's the shot in the arm the game needs.