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So the beloved Procurer was nerfed of its cycle time bonus and now makes exactly the same yield as it did before: so where is the 30% increase to yield? So where is the 30% yield bonus for this ship?

before 118.8 release ESC pressing close universe map or solar system map. now ESC open settings menu. this is annoying as hell ! please revert it to pre-118.8 state.

1.) This is not what I said. I mentioned how I don't think they stick true to their own design cheat-sheet, not that everything should look the same.
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I do admit how some ships were in dire need of an entire overhaul, so I welcomed the change of the Moa. Yet other redesigns haven't been very fitting.

Previously, All ships have stayed much in the same line before, but with the introduction of the new design philosophy we see severe discrepancies. The Caracal for example employs the triangular surfaces in a techy sleek style, whereas a very similar tech-style is completely different on the Blackbird and now on the sad thing that once was the glorious Griffin.

2.)No, I don't think of aircraft IRL. Because I don't need to, since we are in space and given that, we are in soft-scifi territory of a game. All aircraft need to follow first a practicality of aerodynamics while cramming in all their tech-related specs. If it doesn't lift off, it's a failure. Look at how heavy the NB-36H was, which was the prototype of testing feasibility and weight of shielding while carrying a nuclear reactor that was meant to power the aeroplane. Yet, we're in space. Not playing Kerbal Space Program, so design and style are a much greater factor.
I just need to point out how ridiculous and out of place the Mordu ships look like. A very unimaginative idea to copy-paste real-world aircraft design onto spaceships, really.

3.) While you would be correct how silhouettes are normally important to immediately distinguish different ships from one another, you're missing something. Who looks at the ship to determine what it is ingame when time is of the essence? Nobody. We look at our overview and give intel and judge priorities and force multipliers based on the ship type we see in written letters. In terms of playability and game mechanics the ships could look all look like Perry Rhodan spheres for all that matters. This is not the established style of EvE.

4.) In any game of quality which has different races, factions, tribes or whatchacall'em, you will see distinctive stylistic patterns and philosophies which are applied throughout the entire category. All old five eve Factions (Pre-trinity) had a very distinctive style to them. This style was preserved when Trinity went live. There have been some deviations to these established norms, but they have not been major and have been smoothed out in time. These changes have indeed been very good and were direly needed. The idea to make Caldari symmetric on a large scale was reasonable to distinguish them more from the - at times - asymmetric Gallente designs and Minmatar. The lopsided Minmatar ships were testament to their tinkering, the lopsided Gallente ships were testament to their freeform thinking and culture of individuality. Asymmetry is not something we generally associate with clockwork efficiency, which is what the Caldari are about. So it made sense to do away with it starting with Trinity, and going onward in other well done changes, like the Scorpion.

This yields back to your statement about Amarr. Naturally their ships look like they do, since they have to show flawless, regal appearances. It's a statement.
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...we'll just see if they end up making the Thrasher look like a fatter Jackdaw (like some of the preview artwork made it look like they were considering a year or so back).