>1) Most experienced players will either use a roller or
>manually type 'n' over and over again to get maximum or close
>to maximum stats.

And it takes about 15 minutes to get decent stats. Oh no.

>2) A first-time player will be confused by the roller, and go
>by old roleplaying knowledge and think that 15 is a good stat
>to have.

Actually...you can type no about 20 times to start off with, and get a good idea of what the maximum you can roll is.

>Why not a point system?:

Because I don't want to read "What should I spend my points on" posts all over, much like the spec/legacy question you see all the time now.

>- It would allow much greater determination of stats based
>upon the player's desired role for the character. (for
>example, if a player wanted his necromancer to be frail
>because of some magical rigors or whatever he could set his
>constitution to a low value). If you notice, even characters
>roleplayed as unintelligent will still have the maximum
>intelligence for the race. I blame this partially on the
>rolling system, though it's also a byproduct of player
>mindset.

If you want to play a stupid character (I mean a really stupid character) you can pray and have your stats lowered. That's not hard to do.

>- You could set the given points so that no one could be
>rolled with maximum stats, or however you wish based on the
>power level desired.

Lots of coding work for no gain.

>- Monstrous time-saver. No more spending hours at the roller
>trying to get those perfect stats, and no more advantages
>gained by players who manage to acquire a good stat roller.

Monstrous? I don't think so. If you're spending hours at the stat roller, I do not feel sorry for you. You can roll decent stats (notice I didn't say perfect) in 15 minutes.

>There really are no advantages to the rolling system, at least
>none that I can see.

And I see none in what you offer.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!