Quote Originally Posted by Strongbad View Post
If you don't fight for the best planets early on, you loose, you won't see endgame!!
It depends on how you define "fight". If you define fight as racing to the unclaimed planets and taking control of them before other players get there, YES. If you mean warfare, then you're going to spend way too much time and resources early on fighting small wars that keep you small while other players who took the peaceful route, grow faster than you.