As the title says. Buying settlers with face is egregiously broken, especially when you consider that the actual faith currency is stronger than the actual religion you found.
Additionaly, spreading your religion will typically cost minimum, 150 faith, which is lower than the first faith settler purchase. What would you rather have, a few extra culture or science, or an entire new city.
I dont know how long the devs playtested this game, but i doubt it could have been long. Or, more likely, Civ has the Overwatch problem where many of the devs are hardstuck silver and gold (bottom 25th percentile of player skill rating).
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