The maps on FE seem to be a lot smaller, even though they are much richer. Playing on the "Large" setting in FE seems to feel like the "Medium" setting on WoM. Definitely going to have to try some custom map sizes soon.

I hated WOM and pretty much only played a few hours before ditching it for good. I've been playing FE all afternoon and I like it a lot better. The lack of scrolling is killing me though. Boats would be good but so far I like what I'm seeing.

Afaik dynasties are in but nonfunctional currently. There is apparently a setting you can enable to turn them on, but they mostly don't work under the current beta build (read this in another thread somewhere).

Ships don't seem to exist currently and I'm not sure if they'll be added (perhaps later).

I miss the dynasty system too. Who cares if it's a small feature, it's fun!

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks"

HOWEVER, you can upgrade your Militia's armor and weapons. Becoming a Red Guard would essentially be removing the Militia's training anyways so it'd be the same as disbanding them and hiring a new Red Guard.

Quests seem a little more involved and better then before, I think they still need more work and more quests.

Monsters seem to dominate game maps.

Regarding Tactical Battles, I LOVE the new Initiative combat system.

When inside friendly territory, click the small button with two arrows pointing up on the far right side of the unit/army pain. In the pop-up, there'll be a button that says something like "Upgrade Weapons."

I was wondering the same thing, if upgrading can only be done if you selected to have the unit use the best armor/weapons available. I haven't tested this since I've just been using each faction's special units, which all have this option active for all their slots.