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Especially inefficient considering that each block of the meaty helldirt is a theoretically infinite source of thermal energy, normally burning eternally once sparked. It's what I use for my Thermopiles so I can maintain a shred of legitimacy. It's magic burnstuff from hell, I don't have to...

That's a whole other can of worms. I can deal with the idea of hidden internal components that aren't really addressed in crafting recipes, I didn't have to craft exhaust manifolds for my Combustion Engines or u-tubes for my Boilers. But energy conversion rates that speed by 100% and give...

Compact/Advanced Solars are pretty much the reason I won't touch most IC2 stuff on my server. Hell, my favorite mod in the whole pack is straight-up magic, but at least it's honest about it. I'll probably go into Xycraft on the grounds of sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable...

Seriously. I'm trying to build an entire maintenance department from the ground up and the only thing I can think about is how my pretend steampunk-magitech empire is losing ground to the filthy electricity-users while I'm away.

Probably a knee-jerk reaction to how it was in the previous versions. When I was still kind of stumbling around blind, I filled out the entire Golemancy tree trying to get some damned Warded blocks, and found out I was pretty much on the right track after all. Golemancy just kept jumping in the...

Just pipe the output of your Quarry into the top of your Crucible and let it ride.

Warded Stone gives you all the colors of Wool with the texture of Stone, and is indestructible. I'm hoping for Warded Bricks and Stairs soon.

Huh, that's a change I wasn't aware of. Well, it makes better noise than either of those. More industrial-sounding.

Crushed Obsidian, which is like superdurable Gravel, and Obsidian Dust for making Reinforced Rails.

Between Ars Magica and Thaumcraft 3, it's the same difference as Thaumcraft 2 and Thaumcraft 3. Thaumcraft 2, you must deal with. Things happen that affect you, pretty much no matter what you do, most notably Taint. Thaumcraft 3, if you don't mess with it yourself, doesn't affect you much at...

Very nice.

Okay, while we're on this, I'll just say as an electrician that distance is the best and oftentimes the cheapest insulation.

If you fill every fuel slot it has with full stacks of Coal Coke, you still won't be all the way up. You'll be getting there, though.

10kV's really for "medium" distance. For really long hauls, you'll have to wait for the 1MV wires to be released, or transport BT Batteries.

If you're feeling brave, put a bunch of Crystal Clusters around. We can all see if it's possible to turn a whole chunk's Stone into Infused Ore.

Biofuel fed into a large Steam Boiler will put out a lot of power, fed into Railcraft Steam Engines. I'm not on 24/7 doing things that cause huge power drains, but a few Boilers are running my whole operation, with plenty of excess getting fed into Energy Cells for anything I need portable. Be...

The drop rates are pretty low. Any kind of farming you attempt is going to take a lot of patience and a little luck.

That's flux discharging. Minimal flux will still give you light slaps on the wrist like that, and eventually deplete itself. It's just not high enough for things like spawning Wisps or striking you with lightning.

I'd watch Sips and Sjin or the Railbros tell jokes while incidentally playing FTB. I'm not too interested in the idea of another dramatized series involving the whole crew, though.

The times for smelting in Thermal Expansion machines seem to be quite a bit different than any other kind of Furnaces. Powered Furnaces will plow through food like no tomorrow, but isn't anything special when it comes to ores or dusts except for a boost in fuel efficiency. Coal Coke in a normal...