From my memory restorers were rarely used cause of gentleman agreement. Sometimes loosing side player may start to build restorers... then winning side on setons also started making restorers xD. But yea it was a huge problem.
t1 aa got cheaper but lower HP, t2 aa got some buffs with minor faction diversity. It is no longer a big mistake to use it instead of mobile flack. In gpg people used static t2 aa only becasue if they used mobile one they could accidentally move it away.
t1 pd... i i think there was no changes. Some changes were made to t1 arty. UEF has less frontloaded damage and usually takes more time now to kill a PD. Cybran also less damage, less splash, but more fire rate i think... i think cybran arty should be tiny bit better against PDs compared to GPG.
BIG change to PD vs t1 arty is that if you have radar then you can simply attack move with arty, no need to manually target PD.
Thats why almost no one makes fake PDs right now
T2 arty once had a 25% cost decrese and it used to be pretty cancerous in teamgames and people build that alot. t2 arty is a counter to fatboy. not sure how exactly it works now but people still build it sometimes.
wagner was nerfed alot, but frigate sonar was also nerfed alot, so it became little bit stealthyer (still can't hide from air scouts or torp bombers) but wagner has really low HP, like 1300 or so, i don't remember. while rhino has 1900 hp. Rhino is still hits ground like in gpg and still misses units but i think less miss compared to GPG. but not 100% sure.
T2 bots had alot of balance changes back and forward, also mobile shields...
Cybran engineering stations are still good. Can't say much good about UEF engineering stations, they are usable, they can be used to steal mass but they are far inferior compared to hives in late game. They don't react instantly like hives and they die to enemy arty shells.
I'd say don't overbuild power storage early on. Fire beetles still don't seem to be very usefull, but maybe nobody tryed hard enought. only 1100 damage now, but has cloak (but no stealth). Wagner is pretty bad. Don't make corsairs for air superiority. Don't make restorers or continentals for air superiority.
i think your questions do not cover that many things... there was so so so many changes... tho you can still spam t1 then transition to higher tech. There is now less reasons to rush t2 or rush t3 or rush t2 or t3 air. also labs and selens were buffed so "lab phase" has also been slightly extended