It was added as part of Bryson's rule described in
https://file.tavsys.net/control/controls-engineering-in-frc.pdf. It
doesn't really simplify usage though, and the same thing can be
replicated by multiplying the elements of Q by rho manually. It's easier
to do it that way, it's how 3512 has been doing controller debugging for
a while, and it's probably what other teams will do as well instead of
using the "more structured" way.
Removing these unhelpful overloads also simplifies the LQR interface.