I've never had to micromanage my ships in Sins. I let them duke-it-out using their default settings. Ships will automatically target, use special abilities, bombard facilities, etc. And the tree-view makes it super easy to manage across the galaxy. No "dozens of windows" to open, its all available in one screen. Having realtime feedback is a great boost. If conditions change, I can easily move resources from one area to another. I like how I can reinforce in the middle of a battle... I've had conditions where control is never firmly established, the several battles are on-going as you still have to deal with the economy, research, etc.