I just assumed the "even ground" was targeted towards -just- the World First community. This allows for a higher potential number of groups to be in the running. As has already been stated, those groups are gonna eat up the new content lickity split anyway, but some groups may not be as quick as others in that area, which arguably takes longer than getting through one run nof an actual raid. Instead of it being a race to gear-up for the raids and then beat them first, the race simply begins with the raids themselves.