Fyron, probably you simply can't imagine late stage of pbw game (>100 turns) without maxed tech and hundreds of planets under your control? Then it's just a dogma which can be thrown away. I sure that you can have interesting and fun pbw game (and not Lasting for eternity) even without a fleet of 300 Mega Dreadnoughts armed with Hyper APB XXII and Super Phased Shields XV.
