Welcome to the board, Yonder!!!
That Tech Tips thread is a wonderful collective effort by many posters here! Their efforts have helped so many players!!
Bradley who is responsible for W&W worked on several of the Wizardry series so it isn't surprising that there a similarities. I really would have liked to have seen what W&W would have been had they been able to complete it as they originally planned and not rushed it to market. I think many of the things players didn't like might have been resolved. We'll never know for certain though.
Wyv