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    Factorization: Is it really worth it?

    Yeah honestly, what else ya gonna use lead for? :D Hardened glass is just not something you need all THAT much of.
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    Is there still a hope for redpower2?

    I... wish I understood why I feel so angry when I see threads like these. I don't get why they bug me, but they really, really do.
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    Factorization: Is it really worth it?

    If you do, it's worth noting that it helps to compress redstone too. And it is VERY worth working towards getting Silktouch or fortune 3 on that pick. Just don't do this until you have a solid 750k LP. You can burn through 600klp in just 2-3 minutes with this method and the only thing that'll...
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    Factorization: Is it really worth it?

    The way I amass it is to use the Blood Magic-based Bound Pickaxe. I laugh myself through the air spamming rightclick with that near bedrock. The only way I know of to do this and not jam your inventory is to use DartCraft packs to efficiently grab stuff and quickly double (or triple!) compress...
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    Factorization: Is it really worth it?

    You need to choose your words with a bit more sensitivity and forethought. This is a forum. It is all words. It is not telepathy-enhanced. I'm not a moderator. And it was a few more than two. Did you misread 'mod developer' as 'moderator'? If so, please consider again the importance of words...
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    Factorization: Is it really worth it?

    It quadruples some ore. They seem kinda useless these days, actually. The only people who need them are the people who don't get how Fluiducts work now. What is Witchery, MPA, AE, and Blood Magic "sub-" to? AE and Blood Magic are Bigger than and nearly as big as Thaumcraft, respectively...
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    What weird cross-mod combos have you found?

    Probably my most fun so far is the Blood Magic Lava Ritual -> ME Fluid Transion Plane -> EnderIO Conduits -> TE3 Magmatic Dynamos -> EnderIO Mixed Conduit (redstone and power) -> EnderIO battery and power monitor. It makes a power system that is run off my character's life and powers my whole...
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    Rotarycraft - the mindblower and builds

    Yeah after I read that I immediately was like, "But this over here just did!"
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    Rotarycraft - the mindblower and builds

    And if you use any other way to make steel the entire mod is invalidated. The task of robust progressions in costing in the face of cross-mod interaction is hard. This is why mods often make their own worldgen so they can gate it directly (AE is a great example of this). Imagine AE without...
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    Rotarycraft - the mindblower and builds

    This is sort of rotarycraft as a whole. Its balancing is, "My power is difficult to make." It's very GregTech like in this; even up to including a ton of the mod totally invalidating itself. It is a really cool series of ideas but in need of a lot of cleanup and balancing.
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    Rotarycraft - the mindblower and builds

    I wasn't aware that the process went above 5x. I can get 5x a bunch of ways. I'll look into it.
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    Rotarycraft - the mindblower and builds

    It's not so much a breaker... Why do you think this? Several mods can do better and without the power issues.
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    Direwolf20 1.6.4 (1.0.4) Where's the frame motor's and frames at?

    The modern frame quarry that was pioneered in 1.5 by RedBoss from these very forums is ME Transition planes being moved by MFFS force manipulators. It's more powerful than RP2 frame bores ever were. It's actually much easier to build an inchworm drive. You can even move railcraft tanks intact...
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    1.8 Vanilla Enchanting

    This would definitely be an improvement. A better approach might be a way to manage unwanted enchantments by converting them into another resource. The thing is, Vanilla Enchanting is actually crazy powerful when it hits the right note. It's a matter of how often Blast Resistance and Bane of...
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    Automated Mining in Horizons

    If you haven't, I invite you to watch how I do it. It minimizes travel time while maximizing output. It has a horizontal profile like a quarry but a vertical profile that is a slice of exactly the ores you want. And tbh, I do it poorly. After building it once I see a half dozen ways it could be...
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    Automated Mining in Horizons

    The durability and range on the T2 drill is more than sufficient to start.
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    Automated Mining in Horizons

    Mostly because the Rotary Bore is less useful and flexible. It does not cover the same area as quickly or as fuel efficiently (although it can run on flowing water, i guess?) I was a doubter for SC2 miners and then I something that is cheaper andand faster than a quarry, can use fortune and...
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    Automated Mining in Horizons

    Fully kitted SC2 miner w/ Galgadorian drill is actually cheaper!
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    Automated Mining in Horizons

    It is... not inexpensive.
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    Horizons: TiC + Metallurgy

    The bug happens when the ore generation hits an air gap. It goes totally nuts trying to compensate. The result is that cave-ish areas have much denser ore. We migrated to COFH (+30-40% above their base spawn) for basic ore spawns an it worked way better.