Not going to lie too, starting a new game in WFAS is Root Canal levels of torture.
But people seem to enjoy hating this game. I really don't think any of that is really it's fault. It was a mod for the original Mount And Blade that went commerical before Warband existed. Blame the lazy developers for not updating it with Warband features before porting it to Warband in it self.
Also, a lot of the petty minor issues can be fixed by mods. But modders have lost interest. Sorry WFAS, you are the unluckiest module ever.