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So something I'd really like would be on stat creation to do your class before the 4 free bumps and let those 4 be able to go to the same stat, just still limited to 18. With some classes having the ability to have a different play style by focusing on a different stat like CHA for cleric and paladin. But also allowing a starting 18 in Str or DEX for classes or letting humans qualify for archetypes easier.
Ancestry and background give you freely chosen boosts that can go into any ability score except one already boosted at that step. Presumably, the stat you want to boost to 18 is already a key ability score for your class.
So the only cases where you can't get an ability score of 18 would be if that ability score is an ability flaw for your race or if it is not a possible key ability score for your class.
Which is like the examples I gave. A cleric wanting to be channel and face focused and have an 18 cha, a paladin with an 18 cha. A wizard with an 18 dex or str to do a magus kind of build.
Yes really the reason is I like my combatants to start with an 18, 4 levels of a 16 instead of 18 has felt so bad to me every time I try it so I want my battle clerics and battle bards and battle druids to have 18 str.