Thread:Owlfeathers0117/@comment-29048862-20150722074940/@comment-12161342-20150722125753

Revisions would not help, because the fundamental problem with a tech tree is that technology doesn't necessarily progress in a tree-like structure anymore. There can be multiple routes to the same technology. Take my gravity wavegun for example. Aneph hasn't invested in gravitational technology, so you'd think Aneph couldn't research something like that. HOWEVER, gravity can be described as ripples in spacetime, and spacetime manipulation is something Aneph HAS invested in, and I am therefore taking that route to the gravity wavegun technology. Multiple paths can lead to the same technology, and that makes a tech tree almost completely useless. In addition, people might hesitate to research a tech they just thought up because it isn't on the tree and is therefore undefined.