Best source of power for FTB Monster?

[RealSketch]

For pure, utter output of massive power, you can't really beat ReactorCraft. Block for block, even a tiny fission reactor blows anything else out of the water.

But I guess the OP said "best source", not "most lucrative source", and ReactorCraft is just still a bit young with a few quibbles that are going to make it unappealing to some.

So, should it go like this:
- Big Reactors aren't as powerful but are easier.
- Reactors from ReactorCraft are more powerful but harder.

 

[Pyure]

So, should it go like this:
- Big Reactors aren't as powerful but are easier.
- Reactors from ReactorCraft are more powerful but harder.

Sounds about right, which by itself is fair and sensible. But some folks also just dislike the ReactorCraft version because of the tradeoff of performance for realism.

While I agree with the latter, I still find them great fun, and Reika has made progress optimizing them.

 

[RealSketch]

Sounds about right, which by itself is fair and sensible. But some folks also just dislike the ReactorCraft version because of the tradeoff of performance for realism.

While I agree with the latter, I still find them great fun, and Reika has made progress optimizing them.

Reika is great at making mods!
So far, meteor craft is my favourite!

 

[firstwaswhen]

I don't know much at all about BigReactors, but its the more popular of the two from what I can tell, and it seems to be much easier to get into.

The first drawback for a beginner and ReactorCraft is that it needs you to learn RotaryCraft in some detail before you even touch it.
Past that, you need to add a decent amount of RotaryCraft and ReactorCraft infrastructure to get started. The mod strives for realism too, so there are several steps before you can start creating power.

And then once you are creating power, its a bit tricky to transform that power into RF; specifically, the converter block (rotational Dynamo) only outputs around 12k RF/tick, but you're generating on an order of 160k RF/tick for a small reactor, so you'll need to split that power up 14ish times before converting...

If you don't chunkload your reactor and its water source, its easy to incur a meltdown. Dealing with the waste can be a pain.

And after all of that, if you're not careful with the steam flying around (condensing all of it), it can really hurt your CPU performance.

Basically I gather BigReactors was just made with RF and regular end-users more strongly in mind

Thank you [DOUBLEPOST=1398198259][/DOUBLEPOST]Thanks everyone for the really helpful answers !

 

[kaiomann]

Best energy source? Creative energy cells, duh.

 

[asb3pe]

I have a full railcraft steel tank with no oil going in (all input pipes removed), I have another railcraft steel tank which is storing the fuel coming out of my row of BC refineries which is pulling oil out of the oil tank.

Big deal, right? Sounds pretty normal, right? WRONG! The fuel tank is now 1/4 full (5000 buckets or so) and the oil tank hasn't dropped one bucket. It's still completely full.

I dunno what's going on, but if this ISN'T the best power source ever, than what is?? hahahaha Monster pack v1.1.0, your guess is as good as mine. A profitable bug?

 

[madnewmy]

I have a full railcraft steel tank with no oil going in (all input pipes removed), I have another railcraft steel tank which is storing the fuel coming out of my row of BC refineries which is pulling oil out of the oil tank.

Big deal, right? Sounds pretty normal, right? WRONG! The fuel tank is now 1/4 full (5000 buckets or so) and the oil tank hasn't dropped one bucket. It's still completely full.

I dunno what's going on, but if this ISN'T the best power source ever, than what is?? hahahaha Monster pack v1.1.0, your guess is as good as mine. A profitable bug?

Well energy in monster is so easy to get i dont even see the point of exploiting a bug for it