After playing around a bit during a ground mission with the options, I realized there was an auto fire option

So i went out of the options and tried to set my ground weapon on auto fire and it worked!

finally no more button mashing while on ground missions, thanks Cryptic!

Great now you don't even need to be present to play the game! You can play $10 (or however much it is) a month to get your guy to autofire at the enemy while you go to the toilet or make yourself a sandwich!

Man, there's always somebody...

I just fail to see the point of auto-fire. You might as well just go the full mile and download an add-on that just plays the game for you while you go and do something else

Because constantly hitting one button over and over again wears on both your hand and your keyboard. Most people, normal people, don't like doing that. Fortunately for you, there's the option to not use it.

in pve it makes little differemce as my away team can eliminate all threats anyway , so i can go make a cup of coffee during combat with or without auto fire

Yeh, and pressing all those keys on your keyboard and mouse to walk around with your character, move your ship around and talk to other people get's so confusing and eventually tiring. I'll just use the auto-press feature so that it just presses the necessary buttons for me.

Man, you're just determined to be a ****, aren't you?

Probably just feeding a troll here.

Really?

Oh, I hope so. Repetitive Strain Injury inducing actions != skill-filled gameplay.