I play with full damage settings. No pansies in my house, and god do I love me a challenge friends, make no mistake (Dark Souls Naked Playthroughs err'day).
Like I said, commanding is total awk-sauce sometimes (but it feels SO GOOD when it works imo). I'm just saying it would totally rock if I could
play the battles without having to give orders, but still keep my fleet from having the consistency and intelligence of chunky salsa when I decide to do
just that.
In case you never noticed.. Bad stuff happens when you give no orders.
No orders = deader than doornails.
Also, telling your second to,
*ahem*, 'handle it' auto-resolves the battle and usually results in dreadful results, even when your fleet is superior.
I really don't like leaving things to the dice. No fun at all.