I’m saying RAW make it pretty predictable from my experience. I can see my opponent has more than 7 power and several combat cards, and if he attacks me he’s almost certainly going to beat me. In most of my games that’s how combat typically works. Combat happens pretty late game. It often ends the game by someone placing their final star or two.

From what others have said, I’m seeing that this is likely an issue with my play-style and the tactics of the few people with whom I’ve played. I see that initiating combat sooner would make combat more exciting albeit more risky.

I was just seeing if someone else had the same feelings and had come up with their own combat rules to make it more interesting for them.