This sums up pretty much all my thoughts too. I found the learning curve a bit steep in the beginning. It sort of felt like the quests were rushing me to build everything, but I was running out of people and resources while trying.
I especially agree with this. Once infection hit I basically gave up. It took out my berry gatherer and expanded way faster than I could control. It would be good if the first wave of infection wasn't quite so severe, and maybe some extra info on how to handle it.
This would be awesome! I also would like more info on how the scavengers work. Initially I didn't realise I had to manually send them off to do things.
The other thing is the research tree. It seems weird that learning the quarry and sawmill come after carpenter and stonecutter. I struggled so much with stone and wood resources because they kept taking them all. Then I had issues just building and resourcing my quarry and sawmill.
