I only managed to make it to page 15, so my apologies if this has already been expressed by someone else.
In defense of the faster passage of time: if anything, it will only make my experience in M&B more immersive. I never really paid attention to how many days passed by in Warband anyway, and when I occassionaly glanced at the date it kind of ruined things for me since an in-game week felt like a month and a month felt like a year. I guess my point is that it's easier for me to forgive time and events happening at an unrealistic speed rather than having them exist in parallel universes. Two wrongs do make a right?