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I both agree and disagree. Lava isn't fuel, but it is a hot substance and it should be possible to transfer that heat to other resources like water to make steam. Different mods could handle this in different ways, but I personally think that lava used as a heat source should be turned into...

I generally avoid mods that I consider redundant and it's not just a competition between mods, but also with vanilla. There are many things i vanilla that I consider interesting, and that I don't want to be overshadowed by a mod. For example redstone. What we players often forget is that...

I'm curious to know what you mean by "redundant pipes everywhere".

There is actually a new gate action for autarchic gates that will pulse once and only once instead of producing continuous pulses. You would need BC 3.6 or newer though, and that's Minecraft 1.5.2.

I have a system that is storing the drones outside the Apiary so that 2 Apiaries can get drones from the same chest. I use it in a cloning system. http://imgur.com/a/XrgfE Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but it might trigger your imagination and ingenuity :) Alternatively...

I must admit that I simply let the Apiary or Alveary fill up with one stack of drones. I did start making intricate piping system to avoid storing drones in the Apiary, but the apiary filled up fairly quick and I soon started to get the overflow drones flowing. It didn't delay me enough to care...

There is an Apiarist pipe that acts kind of like the diamond pipe. It enables sorting based on species, and the genes: nocturnal, cave and flyer. It can separate one species from other species and hybrids from pure. I don't know of any component that can sort based on biome traits, lifespan...

If BuildCraft ever is to change the Quarry it's hopefully going to make things harder and not easier to use. Multiblock structures with frames, pulleys, carts, drill, more flexibility, more fun.

In BuildCraft, the solution to the item transfer problem is called gates, triggers and wires. I personally think it's brilliant that it's put in the players hand to configure a system in a way, so that the receiving system have room for any items still in transit. It's all about finding the...