It's a delicate balance early on, between driving up ABP (or DBP for that matter) and driving toward expansion. One goes hand in hand with the other. That said, early dodges of reckless attacks can take care of the BP issues without slowing the building process. That was the undoing of HeadShot/V&D/StandsWithAFist/whatever they're calling themselves these days. They shoveled DBP at some of our guys early, slowing down their own growth, while we lost nothing in the exchanges but a few hours of rez building production. So we were ready to roll a lot faster than they were, and by the time we decided to hit them back, they were in total chaos.
