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Really? I don't (and have never) seen an 8 as a "very low stat" in any edition of D&D. Sure, it's worse than average, but that's what I see it as.
I guess it's a question of what you're used to. As I said, I do sometimes deliberately go for an 8 for RP purposes, if that's how I see the character. But if I don't have such a "weakness" in mind already, I tend to see "average" as the baseline. (These are adventurers, after all. People who are too below average don't tend to survive. )
I don't think I've ever seen a 4e character that uses the "standard" array...
Heh. Except in a campaign where we rolled, I've almost never seen one that doesn't.