It's better about it, but how much better is hard to quantify. Torpedoes are just hard to aim - so oftentimes, it'll *want* to fire one, but won't because it hasn't lined up a good enough shot. IIRC I've made some improvements to how it moves to line up shots more often.
It also *will* use torpedoes vs frigates occasionally now - was on the receiving end of that recently. "Oh, it's just a Kite, I'll just facehug it and it'll go down <eats Hammer torpedo>"
Also got torpedoed while testing the revamped fleet command tutorial, that was kind of rude surprise too. But those tend to stick in your mind, right? It's hard to compare the times it does land nice shots with the times that it might've had an opportunity to but didn't.