After several hours of play, I completely adhere to your ideas, however I have several things to say:
Regarding the armor, I think it would be better to be able to craft the entire armor set (steel helmet with armor and shield and not the armor and iron shield with the steel helmet)
I noticed that at level 6 of the blacksmith, he was missing a sword for the knight (I prefer the sword to the other weapons) so if you could add one (the most powerful knight’s sword is 18 point of damage so make it one with 19 or 20 points of damage and add a small cross at the handle to represent the nobility of the knights (yes I have a chivalrous spirit)
I have not yet unlocked level 3 of the village however I can already build the statue of sid (or unlock the legendary items) while my smith is only at level 5, see level 4 (he has leveled recently )
therefore either increase the limit of experience levels (7 or 8 max 10)
either give a craft condition about the legendary items (after I’m not at level 3 of the game yet I’m using the base game version)
Irrigation comes quite late in my opinion, but it remains to be seen; and then personally I think it’s complicated, I have not tried yet to see. and can be give a tutorial on irrigtion it can help some
Optional: romance between units and it strengthens their courage (although I’m not mistaken that it has been clarified that there will be no such thing)
to be able to choose your character (not necessarily entirely but to choose at least 1, I always make sure that my character is a knight)
to choose the colors of the banners of the groups of soldiers (I would like that the banner of the group 3 is the banner of the group 1 it is rather knight for my taste (I said it above I have a knightly spirit)
choosing a group captain would not hurt I think (leader who inspired people according to his attributes)
Bug: My soldier plays with a two-handed sword, but I still see his bronze abacus (even if he is de-equipmented and re-equipped)
wolves with a red collar hardly ever attacks
it would be nice if they attack instead of disappearing
PS: I install the ACS in the middle of the game so it may be that some things will work better if I restart a new game. I play R933 and I have the 937 so it may be that the bugs and malfunction is not viable for me
I am French and I install the translation patch FR, maybe it has an impact too (sorry if there are translation errors x))
I probably have other ideas so I think I would do a post but I do not have them in mind anymore
If not, I love what you do, you do a lot of work for the community and I thank you for your efforts.
Thank you for everything: D