Thats pure power gaming. A role player would not care that his goblin shaman would only have 14 Wis. Rather he would see this as part of his character and role.
This might come as a shock to some but plenty of roleplayers also want their characters to be mechanically effective too. In the aforementioned goblin druid example this goblin would just be inferior to an elven druid out-right even if their story doesn't involve being an inferior druid.
They would not. If a goblin would only be able to reach 14 Wis then a Wood Elf would only be able to reach 15. A High Elf would also start at 14 Wis.
With point buy min maxing you can put a stat to 15 before race and then you add racial. A wood elf can reach 16 and a half elf can as well.
