1.) Need to be able to control the zoom during battle. Best way to do it would be to use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
I must ask...why?
If it's because there are objects off-screen that could be a danger, I asked them if they could have danger indicators that point off-screen and they seemed interested.
Still, as long as auto/manual zoom is an option, that's cool.
2.) need to hide mouse curser when in battle, its super annoying being on screen all the time.
Doesn't it disappear automatically? It does on my copy of the game.
Is your hand on the mouse constantly? It'll reappear if you move it.