Nothing with 2 lasers and a paltry missile loadout is fun from my point of view... a challenge yes, but when you're escorting something that tends to die if you don't ram things to death really quickly it feels like there's too much luck required.
And don't even think of losing a laser during one of the rammings.
I guess I've never been a fan of games where you have to poke the enemy to death with an annoying little weapon, unless it's an annoying little weapon that can be horribly effective when used in just the right way.