Well I guess since they want to stick true to lore these things should be pretty tough to avoid. I wish you had to lock on like in xwing...is that even possible in the engine?? I know that the AA gun in 2142 works like that but I am not sure how difficult that would be to do. Anyway it does make the space battles more fun and more realistic... lets be honest I would spam these things like nobody's buisness in real life.
The missiles will be getting revamped in the future. They will either be getting a true lock-on system like the X-Wing games, or they will have their homing removed or reduced significantly. We are hoping to implement the lock-on system but we have to investigate some HUD coding issues first.
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic’s eyes to improve his vision