[Baron Munchausen]

What would really help with missiles is if they had ECM themselves. Right now, fighters are many times harder to hit than missiles. They shouldn't be. A missile is a much harder target in RL than a fighter. At least a fast missile in combat. Cruise missiles are another matter but they have their own advantages.

Anyway, if your missiles were automatically given your best ECM value (like they are in MOO II) then the AI with a 'missile strategy' wouldn't necessarily be stymied by someone packing a few PDC into their ships. As it is now, the missile using races are pretty much helpless if the encounter someone with a lot of PDC.