It seems ot have been something discussed so I'm certain its a good one
Besides, not to make this a FH servers discussion, but FH2 is happy with its player base - I've had games with countless smarktards who TK for fun and blow you up if you are the commander and use the radio etc - I tell you, its terrible...
I'd prefer a player base that creeps up slower based on game quality than one that suddenyl pops out of nowhere due to sudden strategic exposure, but hey that's just me...
But to return to the fact, I'm sure the devs have a good reason - And I'm sticking to that