I think it's a great indicator, as you say. But I've also seen that mods in Splinterlands use it as a fix sentence. It was supposed to be used as you write, to look further if someone has a "bad" KE ratio, but if that person used the HIVE to buy Splinterlands assets, it should be okay as it somewhat stays in the ecosystem. But that didn't always happen. But I hope they talked to the mods :-)
Besides that, I like that it's now displayed directly. That'll help me understand quickly what I might be dealing with, and support accordingly.
I decided to manage a 50/50 payout, and power up 25% of the converted HBD, while using the rest for SPL. Worked out great so far, I'm right where I should be, at around KE 1.65.
To some degree it is okay. Yet, Splinterlands players have a pretty bad track record of supporting Hive itself - even though Hive (originally Steem) was a massive part of their success and keeps the transactions on Splinterlands completely free. This is why when Splinterlands wanted funding from the Hive DAO, it took some convincing. If SL players had powered up a bit over the last 7 years, especially at the SL highs, funding would have been simple.
And know where to look :)
Sounds about right :)
Oh, thank you for that info! I didn't realize that part, I thought that it was more the other way around. They're not one, but need to support each other. I'll take that into account, thank you!