also this is a feature i would LOVE to see: CAMERA FOLLOW SHIP:
the camera will move according (relative) to the ship's direction so you will actually FEEL the first-person-ness of the ship, and not always a third person.

so when a ship turns, the camera will turn as well (and the ship look static to the camera but the background is moving).

it doesn't need to violate the current UP DOWN locks, it can still turn with the ship even if the ship rotates sideways.

+1 to weapons that show a visual indication of a missed shot.

Here's a question to ponder:
If you shoot someone, and every single shot misses, have you technically aggressed them?

-1 to the jump button being visible and usable 20au from the gate.

Did I win?

id like to see explosions actually hit shields & Not the centre of a ship. Something similar i remember seeing on Nexus: the Jupiter Incident for those that played it way back when

-1 for still not being able to use asteroids and capital ships as cover.

I like this idea. Not only would it be more accurate, but it conveys more information.

As mentioned before, camera following your ship. it would also be nice if we could make it lock onto the target, but i have a sneaking suspicion this functionality might already exist but be buried somewhere.

Probably too late to ask, but making the galactic disk visible from nullsec brighter and more defined (like the actual milky way) would be fantastic. Also, moar stars.

Making projectile weapons fire brighter would be quite aesthetically appealing. Pretend ships need tracer rounds, or simply magnify the muzzle flash tremendously. As is, the only epic part of artillery fire (aesthetically) is the sound, and ACs should be a storm of tiny bullets streaking towards their target.

It would be nice if turrets retracted whenever nothing was targetted, instead of only in warp. It would be simple to make the animation play during targeting, I feel. Also, making projectile turrets retract would be nice as well.

Missiles have very wonky paths towards their targets, but I suspect a large part of this is the fact that once they reach a "hit radius" from their target, they switch into a different animation mode. They could certainly look a lot more epic (and the explosion could be toned down a bit on the larger ones, it gets pretty obnoxious in missile heavy fleets).

It would be quite awesome if there were three hit animations on ships - reacting violently with shields, hitting armor and sending sparks off into space, and impacting structure, sending chunks out.

Bring back the camo deimos. The skin on the test server's last build was beautiful, it was one of the few ships I feel space camo looked right on. Now, it looks dull, and too much like a Phobos.

And this one isn't visual but damn, the sound armor hardeners make is obnoxious. It really messes with music being played over EVE.