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[Morgan Rue]

So, ships make some attempt at moving around obstacles etcetera, right?  It'd be nice if they used this or something like it to avoid getting in eachother's way.

It'd be nice if ships either had something to tell other ships not to fly in front of them, or had something to tell other ships not to enter line of fire.  This could be like, an extension of a ship's 'detection box' more forwards but only for movement / ship positioning, so that all ships interpret eachother and themselves as being 'taller' than they actually are.  This one would have the happy side effect of causing ships to facehug things less as well, I think.  Or it could be a line a ship draws to it's 'targeted' ship which discourages allied ships from moving into that space, in order to prevent ships from obstructing eachother's line of fire.  Or it could be something else entirely- or even a combination of things!

[Phenir]

Smaller ships already do try to stay out of line of fire/out of the way of bigger ships. They just aren't always that good at it depending on the circumstances; like aggressiveness, position of enemies, status of target, and probably more.
From 95.1a notes:

Ships will now try to avoid getting in the firing line of ships that are at least as big as they are

[Morgan Rue]

Smaller ships already do try to stay out of line of fire/out of the way of bigger ships. They just aren't always that good at it depending on the circumstances; like aggressiveness, position of enemies, status of target, and probably more.
From 95.1a notes:

Ships will now try to avoid getting in the firing line of ships that are at least as big as they are

This makes sense.  Having flown a Conquest, I'm no longer sure that 'no fly in front of ships' is a good idea.  It's good that ships try to avoid getting in firing line, at least.  It'd be nice if it were a bit stronger?  Unsure exactly.  Ships hugging stations is awkward, and a lot of where this comes up.