Questions !

I dont think they are trying to "limit the orders". I think some of the orders could be replaced though. I mean, closest and furthest? WHY? Closest would kind of be the default, so that makes sense. But furthest? Why on earth would you want to shoot at something the furthest away, where projectiles could miss/shot down, etc? Besides, the shot would most likely just hit whatever was in front of that target anways!!

I like the idea of removing "furthest" and replacing with a Shields and Hull order like you said. SHIELD mode would prioritize units with the highest current shields. HULL mode would shoot at targets with the lowest current shields.

Since orders ARE per-weapon, this would work fine AND actually help out anti-shield/anti-hull weapons be more intelligent options, vs the "general purpose guns" that I typically use. It might be a good Default option for weapons that are almost strictly shield/hull guns such as projectile cannon, vulcan, plasma cannon, plasma eclipse, etc.