[Suicide Junkie]

Originally posted by Me Loonn:
Wish that there would be atleast some choises "this or that, but not both" instead of current all for all (racial tech not included).

I never did understand how that sort of thing would make any sort of sense.

Eg:
If the russians develop tech A, they can't research tech B, even though the Americans decided to ignore tech A and sucessfully developed tech B instead.
If the americans did it, why can't the russians do it too if they really want to?

Everything else you mentioned in that particular post can be modded in.
- There are programs to extend the tech areas
- You can easily make single level chains of techs. "Projectile Weapons I" which allows "Practical DUC I" which allows "Projectile Weapons II" which allows ... etc
A more popular way is grid techs, where two or more tech areas provide upgrades to the same component. Perhaps a theoretical area for increasing the potential damage, a practical area for actually getting that potential realized, and a manufacturing area for getting the costs down. Perhaps even a training tech area for giving the weapon a built-in accuracy bonus.
- more ruins is physically easy, coming up with ideas for what to put in them is the hard part.