Those new front end screens look AMAZING! Hot damn!

Very nice front end screen!

The game is looking better and better visuals wise.

In regards to putting equipment on animals, I'd like to see it be an option.

I hate having wimpy animal companions.

At worst, have it be an ability for the Guardian. (Whom I will be playing 90% of the time. )

Eh, just leave animals how they are. It's fun.

Suggestion for the Crafting screen UI.

I think you should remove the category "Fully enchanted items" and just leave the items under their wielders. The enchanted items could be represented with small dots/icons coloured depending on the enchantment. Red dot for attack, blue for defense, green for misc. etc. For example an item with thre enchantment would have the name under the wielder and next to the name would be 3 blue dots, representing 3 +defense enchantment. Further the slots background color could also be coloured according to the enchantment type. 

If the decision is made not to equip beasts, at least make them tougher overall.

Wolf equipped with helmet and teeth armour.

It takes up logisitics to build resource improvements, so I don't think they should be auto-constructed.

Add to that you may want to hold off on building on shards to not piss off the SK. At least until you want to piss him off

It may be as simple as saving up and building a bunch all on one turn as you get them in your controlled territory. Don't know if that will fire off multiple increases in SK rage, or if building all on one turn will be the same as building just one shard and getting his standard warning. Something to toy with I'd imagine.