I have been arguing about Pneumaticraft (PC) since the beginning. I feel shoehorning everything with tech tree using the PRC's was devilish to a huge degree. The CTD's, finickiness of the mod itself. I had to believe at the beginning it was cause the mod was of a type that I don't use, thus, new, and really didn't feel like I would like it cause of that till I got to using it for a while. I used to think that way about AE for a while until I saw the light. But? That light still hasn't lit up for me. Do I like the idea of it? Yeah. Do I like the implementation of it? Nope.
Do I suffer under it because I love this pack? Hell yes. Have I stopped complaining? pretty much, since it's not going to change anything. Iskandar likes him some air pressure. He's probably got a compressed air waffle maker at home he's real fond of.
I don't see this changing anytime soon. All of you are better off adapting, look at the grind of PC as a stepping stone, to play with the cool toys you can make with them. See it like the spinach on your plate, knowing you had better eat it cause popeye does.