1) no, that's hardoced. If you play with alex or BI, you should see improvements
2) The three mods are impossible to compare. EB is definetly the most thurough historically, other than that you should try and find out for yourself, as this is a minefield topic
3) yep
4) if the Counselor doesn't appear every time you click on a settlemnt, then the script is on.
5)i thought this is a EB bug. You should restart EB altogether, when you load the campaing
6)Well if you mean something like a FAQ, you should see it right away when you load this forums