Should I always/ever/never initialize object fields to default values?

Question

Code styling question here.

I looked at this question which asks if the .NET CLR will really always initialize field values. (The answer is yes.) But it

Answer 1

I agree with you; it may be verbose, but I like to see:

int myBlorgleCount = 0;

Now, I always initial strings though:

string myString = string.Empty;

(I just hate null strings.)