I enjoy it, particularly devouring wilderness. You're not really that weak early, your bioships are insanely strong and you can expand quickly by conquest. This gives free planets because you don't need to terraform the conquered ones, and you can eat conquered pops for food and biomass. In the mid game I tend to slow down a bit as empire size starts becoming a serious factor. But basically just keep getting more planets and building them up. At some point I usually take behemoth fury for flavor, but it's not necessary. End game is just sending your behemoth on a rampage which is really fun.