in reply to Seeking clarification on Inheritance Issues

You basically have it right.
Is there some way to access methods in MyPackage::Module::ThatFeature, short of fully qualifying them as: MyPackage::Module::ThatFeature->still_another_method()?
To explicitly call a method in a superclass, fully qualify the method name with its package:
# $obj is an object which is in a subclass of MyPackage::Module::ThatF +eature $obj->MyPackage::Module::ThatFeature::method_name(...);
If you don't know the name of the superclass, you can use the SUPER pseudo-class:
$obj->SUPER::method_name(...)
Have a look at perldoc perlbot for more good stuff on perl objects.