I don't like MFR.
There. I said it. And not because it doesn't add many many nice goodies. But the snowball thread got me thinking about my builds, and how mods like MFR alter the direction of my play.
Tech mods, or Mods that add power systems, always try and "balance" the power systems by making them use fuel. But, to counter that, they add automated ways of gathering the resources required to generate the fuel. And to balance this, the fuel usage of the tech mods are ramped up to account for the fact that fuel is available en-mass.
And I find that getting into these mods then means I spend all my time working on automating farms of varying types, expanding out into automated mob spawners, automating enchanting and so on.
And I realize that, the reason I started minecraft, to explore this vast world, is going entirely unsatisfied.
So, for 1.7+, I want a modpack that, while it can have tech mods, should encourage exploration over automation. I don't want automatic mining. But I do want AE, because ME storage is just oo bloody cool. I don't want MFR or BC or Forestry, because they all assume, and encourage, massive investment in closed loop automated production<->energy systems. I do however want bees, and butterflies and breeding.
There. I said it. And not because it doesn't add many many nice goodies. But the snowball thread got me thinking about my builds, and how mods like MFR alter the direction of my play.
Tech mods, or Mods that add power systems, always try and "balance" the power systems by making them use fuel. But, to counter that, they add automated ways of gathering the resources required to generate the fuel. And to balance this, the fuel usage of the tech mods are ramped up to account for the fact that fuel is available en-mass.
And I find that getting into these mods then means I spend all my time working on automating farms of varying types, expanding out into automated mob spawners, automating enchanting and so on.
And I realize that, the reason I started minecraft, to explore this vast world, is going entirely unsatisfied.
So, for 1.7+, I want a modpack that, while it can have tech mods, should encourage exploration over automation. I don't want automatic mining. But I do want AE, because ME storage is just oo bloody cool. I don't want MFR or BC or Forestry, because they all assume, and encourage, massive investment in closed loop automated production<->energy systems. I do however want bees, and butterflies and breeding.
