I don't think it was that bad, I could still aim perfectly fine.

I dont know if people have said this before but it would be great if the commander on the bridge was given updates about his ships defences, like there could be lights on the wall each representing a turret controll position, the light would be green if its maned and red if its empty, there could also be a switch under the light allowing the commander to switch it to ai controll if there is nobody maning the turret. This would be cool.

But if it was controlled by the commander there would be more emphasis on team play and a commander would have at least some controll over his ships defence.