game camera doesn't zoom out far enough if you ask me

you should be max zoomed out if you want to make the most of your situational awareness

If I kept the camera as close to my character as the default configuration in this game does if I were playing World of Warcraft, I'd never be able to see players coming up from behind me and Shamans would be just out of my FOV so I couldn't see them priming their nukes on me. It would be very difficult to line up Shockwaves that hit more than 2 players very well and decrease the overall amount of strategy I could use to control the movements of my enemies.

I haven't kept a camera close to my character on purpose since I learned this. Stop admiring your character so much and zoom out. If you want to admire your character, that is what inn rooms or non combat situations are for.