The Tempest thread (confirmed 100% weaponry free)

deck 1 - comms, CIC, conference room
deck 2 - mess hall, med bay, game room, sleeping quarters
deck 3 - maintenance, drive core, sleeping quarters for maintenance personnel
deck 4 - Mako, upgrades for armor and weapons

I like for the cabin that Ryder stay in to have a bed, desk, latrine and a shelf for personal items

The c**kpit to have a pilot, navigator and co-pilot.

There will be an intelligence officer, an XO who doesn't go on missions

They will go along well with each other - as long as you keep them in different shifts...

Its unfortunate that Sam didn't have a scene on the Citadel in the base game.
I like to see that as well. I'm a big supporter of crew members getting their "10 minutes of fame" so to speak. It would be nice if crew members and squadmates were seen talking with each other. The only times that was seen was Joker with Garrus, James and Liara and Steve talking with James
Pressly was alright

The problem I had with Miranda being XO was she could be on missions with Shepard. What's the point of having an XO if that XO isn't on the ship?

As in a Mr. Spock or a Chekov-type character?  I agree it will make sense to have an intel or science officer-specialist to sift through all the new things that will be discovered. Unless the new masked Asari is a sympathetic native scout and a jack-of-all-knowledge about everything in the Helios Cluster, someone or several others on the ship will need to have a background in exobiology, exobotany, exogeology, and well exo-everything. I'm going to miss having Mordin around! 

Deck one pizzaria with real clay pizza oven.
Deck two disco with disco ball
Deck 3 water slide!
Deck 4 wine cellar.

Pretty sure he meant it as written, as a pun. How bad is it that I kind of liked it?

A water cooler so Ryder and his squaddies and crew have an official place to dialogue and gossip.

Oh, and that sushi chef from the Citadel better in some way have managed to end up in Andromeda just to be the head chef on the Tempest.

And a Starbucks on one of the decks. 

First Off, I'll start with my big whinge:

The Galaxy map needs updating.

Mass Effect 1 was actually OK. You used the map to look at star clusters check out what systems were there and then jump. Nothing much wrong there.

But in ME2 and ME3, you couldn't see what was in a cluster, even one you'd already visited without physically flying there. Seriously? Same with systems in a cluster.

And then, the whole system of the Normandy doing a drunken stagger following the cursor around couldn't feel less like navigating a space ship if it tried. We have the best pilot in the alliance, but we regularly overshoot planet orbits because we kept our finger on the mouse half a second too long. "Sorry, Commander. I'll just to a quick u turn and we'll try again"

It lothes me to say it, but Argh! My immershunz!

I hope they rethink this or at least make it like the original.

/End rant

Being more positive:

One thing I'd really like, is some encounters in space or in orbit where you have some control over events. Nothing like real time combat or anything, but command choices through the dialogue wheel or something. It could be a bit star treky, with conversation with ship captains, or making decisions whether to take an aggressive posture (raising shields, charging weapons), neutral (raise shields, keep distance), friendly or retreating.

Something like that. Nothing too involved and details aren't that important. Just something to open up the idea of commanding a ship outside of it being just home and transport.

If it comes to a fight or fleeing, your ship stats could be important.

I liked being able to have ship upgrades in ME2, but it was only really used for the end for very binary outcomes. If used throughout the game, it could be more interesting. Consequences for having a weak ship need not be catastrophic. Maybe you just need to retreat and repair

As others have mentioned, more crew interaction would be good. I'd actually go a little further and have them more like squad members. So you could recruit new ones for key posts with different skills and rotate them. Maybe even level them. This could influence the outcome of engagements.

This is all probably too much to expect, of course.

I'm expecting a similar layout to the original Normandy, just with a faster lift, since the game'll be running on faster hardware. The CIC will be in middle of the command deck, being Human-centric, and the coffe machine, not so sure. The coffee machine though, i imagine will be awesome, as well as the espresso machine, and will provide only the best synthetic blends. There might even a purple-dragons blend if the new Asari is as wile as she looks. And if location's not already obvious, it'll be placed by the CIC, giving the higher-ups quick access to the much desired "brain juice" and the rest of the crew, while they can access the CIC machine, prefer the one in the mess hall, giving them the necessary exercise while taking a brief break from their duties.

The former CIC will house stairs to the extended lounge and mess hall for everyone to kick back after they've received their decedent beaned beverage.

Captain and second-in-command's quarters will be on the same level as the CIC. The crew's quarters and the rest of the layout will be the same as the Normandy's.

Since seamless game-world is one of main game features this time, I wouldn't be surprised if there is no lift at all.