I started playing WZ just a few days ago, and I am thrilled!!
I was a big Earth 2150 series fun. That game in its age really rocked and it had some novelties that even today's games don't have.
A lot of the features (and much more) of the E2150 series I was very glad to find in WZ, such as the tech tree and unit design.
One of the things that really rocks is definitely the tech tree. It's really awesome.
On the other hand for new players like me, it's a bit intimidating.
My suggestion comes from the Earth 2150 series.
In that game the tech tree, was not at all the size of WZ, but when you clicked on research you were able to see the whole research tree and click on a "target". Let's say Heavy laser. Then the computer would mark the path with numbers indicating the sequence in which it would research in order to reach the goal. This way you were assured that you would follow the shortest path towards your goal, and you were also able to change the order of the researches if that was possible. The first game I have seen this, was back in 1994-95, with a game called ascendancy.
Anyway that's my thoughts regarding the tech tree.
ps. totally off topic.. Would it be impossible to create a repository so that the game is updated automatically for linux owners?
