I always go with 27 point-buy. Because starting with 18, which is +4 bonus, is too much for a tier 1 character. In the other hand, rolling a low score like 5 or 6 would make a character non-playable. With 27 point-buy method, you can adjust whatever you want within a reasonable border. Also, monster stats are optimised for standard array, so if you go beyond the standard array, you start to bend the game.
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I can appreciate that point of view. Back before the pandemic I was in a game and one of the players turned up with a super maxed out character and nobody at the table believed he’d rolled it legitimately - it was like he’d gone through and found all the loopholes to give every advantage.
That wasn’t fun for anyone but him, he couldn’t understand why we were pissed at him.