Let's say you play deity and choose Liberty as your first social policy branch. Do you usually build a settler before you get the free one from the Collective Rule social policy?
I myself have not done so in the majority of my deity games. The need for growth and other builds in the capital is my primary reason. My secondary reason is difficulty defending and tending the second city. My tertiary reason is the higher shield cost of settlers pre-Collective Rule. (I virtually never build settlers in other towns than the capital.)
But I'm not sure what's best in the long run.
I myself have not done so in the majority of my deity games. The need for growth and other builds in the capital is my primary reason. My secondary reason is difficulty defending and tending the second city. My tertiary reason is the higher shield cost of settlers pre-Collective Rule. (I virtually never build settlers in other towns than the capital.)
But I'm not sure what's best in the long run.