You play this game enough that you should know how vital the initial launch rush is for establishing your economy.
People like Mathil and whoever getting queue priority doesn't matter.
Empyreans entire group getting priority sort of matters.
Being able to survive the zone DC's via party invite really matters. Organized groups already mostly dictate the economy, and this is just going throw that in to turbo mode.
I don't race really, but can you imagine the level of butthurt for people that do want to try and compete for 100 or whatever when they can't play and their competition can?