Rednjak -
1. I second the request for increased zoom levels on the strategy map. Ideally, I'd like to be able to zoom out to see the whole thing.

2. If you want to play the fights in co-op, then select Dragon to do the fights. That's all you have to do to force a fight in RTS mode.

jereth - I've been playing around and think that the biggest way to tighten up the RTS combat is to double the Recruit costs for everything (and Dragon spawn cost) and give you 70 starting Recruits, which is only enough to let you can get a couple structures up to start.