No, while it is the case with the T3 reactor that you need 6 americium per MK 2 fusion casing the normal fusion casings are actually just LuV casing with 6 tungstensteel plates. As far as I can see the only europium required is 2 plates for the computer.
Yeah most of the cost is in the fusion coils, the tungsten for upgrading to fusion casings is relatively minor. The big costs are the five stacks of osmium, four stacks of iridium, and 8k coal and tin. Everything else kind of pales next to those as while some of those are minor resources that's still a very large amount of coal and tin.
GT's machines, along with EnderIO's, are very easy to use in an AE2 autocrafting setup, because you can configure them to auto-output to the same side they get their input from. With most machines, that means all you need to do is put an ME interface on top and connect an AE cable. The only tricky one is the GT assembler, since you must route the input to two different destinations and the assembler's auto-input does not always use the second slot correctly, so I had to use a chest [buffer] as the input destination and put a regulator in-between.
LOL. That's about the most "YMMV" and "There's no accounting for taste" area you could inquire about. Some people build underground complexes, some build giant towers, clusters of normal-looking houses, factory complexes, underwater bases and countless other things. There's almost nothing imaginable that hasn't been made by someone at some time. As I see it, there's only one rule: don't plan small. Things will inevitably end up taking up more space than you anticipated. Also, every base is a work in progress at all times. For instance, currently I'm thinking of relocating to an underwater base, only that takes even more planning than usual since every change in the outer walls of an already existing building is a major PITA.
(1) The ignoble princess also has a degrade chance. What does that mean?
So....you didn't think of using a Buildcraft Filler to carve out big rooms? That's what I usually do.
I haven't played this pack often enough to come up with a "usual" way, and the usual ways from other packs don't work here, but here's what I did in this game:
Thanks again, but it appears I won't be going into bees in this pack. 288 pieces of royal jelly for a single mutation, no thanks. I don't think I've seen that much of the stuff in any world I ever played, except possibly in Agrarian Skies. Also, when I bred my way up to Imperial and Industrious bees some time ago using only Forestry mechanics I decided once in my life was enough, and I have no intention of going back on that decision.
Awesome, thanks for playing along Ieldra. Maybe consider making your own pack one day? You've been around the block enough times to know what sorts of mod interactions would appeal to you, and I'd likely check it out myself.
Good point, I've added the other four to the wiki. I've got no idea why you'd want to turn manganese into iron, it should be just the same as any other fusion recipe to create metals though so which part needed explaining? Totally forgot about uumatter though.
The part that manganese is ALOT more valuable than iron and this is molten iron as output not plasma so you are also not getting any energy which makes this recipe totally useless.
