They dismissed the question “Will layering affect world bosses” by saying “Of course not, it’ll be gone before Phase 2”.
Ion also promised it would be gone within a couple of weeks. That’s about as transparent as you can get without signing up to a fixed date that people can rail against.
If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail. Layering is inherently safe for a low initial population, because it will collapse into a single layer if there aren’t enough people online.
It’s literally built to work in good and bad the best way.