Played some more of the BETA last night.
I have been right clicking on the correct button to choose - hold ground, gravity well or local area style attack radius.
Been getting used to jumping in with groups of ships together, its a little hard to control the fleet if its more than a few ships. A lot of micro is needed for any tactics.

Thats ok, but what would be better are some basic formations. My main gripe is that I lose control of my ships if I want them to attack, they move off on their own, dogfight style. That ok like I said, but sometimes I want to regiment things, I like to see HW2 style formations that do not break easily, supporting each other and firing at the right targets. That way I can actually utilise the ships in the way their role intended them.
Fighters also suffer from this problem, however you can at least dock them. but you have no control over whether they fly cap or offensive sweeps.

Is this planned for the final version? Or any other fleet control methods?
Or perhaps I am missing something.