power creep in starting ability scores

[JackPhoenix]

Let me put it this way.

You have four players.
Two choose point buy-they're fine. Their PCs will meet system expectations.
Two choose to roll. One rolls great-17 16 14 12 10 8. They're happy! One rolls poorly-12 10 10 8 8 7. Not only are they not happy, they're underperforming. They might be an active liability.

Unless it's a one-off or something similar, I don't want to punish players for not rolling well before the game even starts. Especially since there's NOTHING you can do (outside of cheating, which is not acceptable) to improve your results. It's just luck.

And if they don't want to rely on luck, they can take the safe choice and pick point buy. It's their choice, nobody forces them to roll. But they are not entitled to the rewad with no risk.