Ancient Greek:
Why would anyone want to risk landing overweight for no good reason.
They did it by the book. The max landing weight is there for good reasons and there was no reason to get down in a big hurry.
Shorten substantially an unpleasant ride for the passengers.
Also, in the U.S. at least, if the circumstances are such that an overweight landing would be no more risking than landing at max landing weight, then save the fuel by landing overweight. KLAS's longest runway is 14,500 feet.