Sure thing, yeah I grew up playing Age of Empires II all the time back in the day and was always fascinated by Warcraft III but didn't play it that much. There's a little inspiration from both of those evident here especially Warcraft, that was awesome to see. I played AoE III when it came out and then got a little disillusioned from RTS since it wasn't as good as AoE II in my book. Empire Earth was my favorite RTS of all time, I played a ton of that.
I preferred the macro levels but the arena levels were key for learning the controls and units, so I think having both of those modes and interleaving them like you did is a really smart move.
I really liked how one of the first things that happens in the game is that you dodge the arrows just by moving, that's a great way of telling us what this game is all about and how it's different from your typical RTS. Smart stuff!