When the damage difference between hitting your positional and not hitting you positional was significant, then the mechanic of hitting a positional mattered. When you wouldn't get the maximum amount of resources or benefits from not hitting your positional, then hitting a positional mattered. There are various examples of this, but I'm not going to go into them. As it stands, they're just there at this point. The damage difference is minimal, and there is no loss of resources or benefits if you miss one. In essence, you're moving just to move. People get attached to these mechanics, when the mechanic itself is pointless in its current iteration.