They've got a giant ECM strapped to their back that can make them invisible and temporarily disable enemy armor. I think it's appropriate that it should also screw up enemy targeting.
Unlike Guardians who can shield, and Strikers who can boost away, Recons really can't do anything once someone starts a toothpick combo on them.
I'm pretty sure auto target doesn't work when the recon has been shielded for a full rotation. It's only when they have just shielded a millisecond before. And making auto target never work vs recon when it still works full time vs the other two classes would be pretty fricken unfair.
about when it shouldn't work. And I've tested it, it isn't just a millisecond after you've shielded... can't time it perfectly since not everyone's auto-targeting/I'm having to focus on multiple things but it's at least long enough that I can get beside them and they can still target me directly. I'm honestly more pro-no-auto than anything... but that's just me.
You got it all. Auto-target honestly doesn't belong in PvP... but since it seems that suggestion isn't going to pull through any time soon. Just do this please? It'll make the recon class valid against these wolver-clone auto-targeting people. At this current point I'm better off going guardian with a giant flag sticking out my rear screaming "lookatmeimgoingforCP_!!!" than reconning and attempting a capture.