Recent content by Luke Gevaerts

So, I have finally subdued the Nether. My usual slow-and-steady approach turned out to be completely useless; the only thing that seemed to work reliably was the Air Sigil paired with a Notch Apple (and some armor, obviously, but mobs drop so much of that stuff that you don't even need to spend...

I'm mildly curious to see if Mojang under Microsoft will fare any better than, say, Ensemble Studios, but I suspect not. Can't say I'll lose sleep over it either way - I've seen so many developers get bought out, used up and discarded that it's hard to motivate myself to care about it any...

Oh good, I like reasons. :) What about the Fortress mob density, though? I can see clearing it out or at least gaining control being feasible in multiplayer (one person does the slabbing while the other does the killing), but in singleplayer it looks like a suicide run might be the only cost-...

It's otherwise been a very enjoyable pack so far, but the Nether is an exercise in frustration: - Gaining a foothold in the Nether Fortress is hard enough, but how am I supposed to advance when the mobs respawn faster than I can kill them? The only way to stop them from spawning is by placing...

Wouldn't be surprised to find out it's due to the servers getting hammered.

It's not about novelty or taste; it's about obsoletion. IC2exp may have improved upon IC2 - but has it improved upon any of the other technology mods that have become household names?

I'm sure it is, and I'm sure its authors have put in a lot of work to try and revitalize IC2 - but for as far as I'm concerned it simply isn't enough. It's not even that IC2exp is bad, it's just that the other tech mods out there are faster, more efficient and less demanding with regards to time...

That's already more than I've been able to get it to do, but I guess the net result is the same. I solved it by installing Custom Recipes - fantastic mod, by the way - and using it to recreate the EE3 recipes I found on the official(?) wiki. I had to replace the Minium Stone with another...

Aye, except EE3 doesn't work for me. It's always the same story: either the game doesn't recognize the .jar or it fails to add any of its contents. No matter what I do, no Minium Stone for me. :(

Not if you remember to bring a few stacks of Gravel or Sand alongside the token few stacks of Cobblestone. Lava ceases to be a problem when you can path through it from a safe distance by making gravity work for you. Sure, it's a lot slower than flight - but also far cheaper, which counts during...

It's still somewhat useful alongside an AE system, as you can upgrade the machines' processing speed and thus speed up AE's auto-crafting. It's actually the only thing I still use IC2 for - and I predict I'll be ditching it completely once TE introduces machine upgrades.

My bad.

Extra Utilities. EnderIO. Mekanism. Thermal Expansion 3. Why should I use IC2 again?

This should be good.

(For the record: I currently play Resonant Rise, but that shouldn't affect the topic.) After spending about an hour creating and deleting world after world because I simply wouldn't spawn anywhere near a Silverwood Tree, it occurred to me that I can't possibly be the only one who is picky about...