Encouraging DXpeditions to focus on rate isn't a good thing for those of us working on difficult DX paths.
Read what they say and you'll break the code. Many
do talk about having EUs or NAs or whatever is relevant
shut up for this or that time window so that difficult paths can be achieved.
They
also talk a lot of about rate, because most want to maximize ATNOs to the whole world, not just the difficult bits. So, rate will always be king.
Yes, there's a little tension between absolute highest rate and making difficult paths work. And, smartly run DXpeditions are aware of this. They say so. But this tension is also only a couple of hours a day on a given band. The rest of the time, they will want rate to be king, in part, to put some kind of damper, limited as it may be, on the hordes still baying at them during those precious short openings to the antipodes.