Lexandro, all my attack techniques are manual targeting techniques with the goal of making them so easy and enticing that you, on your next trip to port, will x that manual targeting option and go for it!
Even though it's cool to take out all the escorts and shoot multiple targets with auto-targeting, there is nothing to compare with all the whooping and hollering that takes place when you take out your first target on manual targeting.
My wife thought I was an idiot! Why does she have to be right all the time? It isn't fair....