Maybe counter the "we used to do this thing which is newer than the standard thing so doing the standard thing is going backwards" with an even newer method of rolling?

I haven't worked out the balance (if any) yet but I'm thinking of a system where you roll 30d6, (or maybe a few more) and each d6 gives you one point-buy point in the corresponding stat (so 1=str, 2=dex, 3=con, 4=int, 5=wis, 6=cha), and then you see which race and class would go with those stats. Not sure what to do with leftover points (where you need more points to up a stat), I guess something like, those can be freely redistrubuted at the end?