IMO BF2 space combat only had one problem, missles locked on TOO quickly..
i mean, it wasnt fire n forget, i used to go circles around the so-called Server top ace who flew a Tie Interceptor while i flew a Y-Wing, to lose only when he called upon the server admin to claim i was cheating . it STILL had some skill involved, mainly on blaster only fights..
I don't know how you still enjoy SWBF2 "fully to this day". Fighter matches were too easy, not trying to brag but I almost always won. It wasn't very fun playing against other players that weren't that skilled, which was the majority of the SWBF2 online community, or at least while I played.
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword apparently never met automatic weapons."