[FTB IEEMS] What can I do now?

[eneKusho]

^Title.
I don't know what to do now.. I mean, I don't even have uranium at the moment...
But I've been getting way too many materials, I already have 600+ iron blocks and a stack of iron/redstone chipsets..
I only have a few machines, I have most of the machines that you need to make machine frames (carpenters, rock crusher, etc) plus The Vat and a SAG mill.
What can I do now? Is making an automatic compressed sand & dust sieve worth it? I think I got enough diamonds to make all the compressed hammerers needed for it, but I don't know if it's a waste.

Thanks for reading.

 

[GreenZombie]

On the one hand, Minecraft is a very open ended game. So there is no correct way to play. Especially on a map that does not include HQM to have a quest driven progression.
Nonetheless, skyblock maps are (Traditionally) about automating all-the-things.
So you start with your cobblegen. And you automate that. To pipe to sifters. That you automate, and pipe the outputs to storage and to smelteries. That you automate. Then, despite the growing mountains of raw materials, you realize you are not making optimal use of the ore gravels and sands, so you go back and automate processing of those into ore dusts before smelting, and automate the construction of diamond hammers to ensure that there is no manual intervention required. You've built machines that produce lava, and are piping that, and water, into barrels that you are filling with the sand and materials being produced to add soul sand and netherrack to the items you are pumping out. And you automate the sifting of those. You build a dark room and kill some mobs. then automate the murder of mobs. And build powered spawners, and automate the targeted murder of mobs. And you need power, and plutonium. So you build IC2 nuclear ractors, and automate the production of fuel rods to keep them filled. and automate the extraction of depleted rods being processed into MOX rods. And you just keep bloody going. Because, at the beginning of this, you still have the cobble gen and its going non stop. And voiding stuff, or stopping it IS NOT an option. So you have to expand. Because the stream of cobble and derived products is never going to stop. And an AE system is the only way you are ever going to get on top of your storage issues. But you need to eat. So you've automated some farms because harvesting things manually is a pain. And who wants to eat apples or carrots if you can eat lasagna. So you automate the production of fancy food. And did I mention there are magic mods too? So you automate those. Not because you can. But because you must. Because once you've automated something you MUST deal with the output.

 

[eneKusho]

On the one hand, Minecraft is a very open ended game. So there is no correct way to play. Especially on a map that does not include HQM to have a quest driven progression.
Nonetheless, skyblock maps are (Traditionally) about automating all-the-things.
So you start with your cobblegen. And you automate that. To pipe to sifters. That you automate, and pipe the outputs to storage and to smelteries. That you automate. Then, despite the growing mountains of raw materials, you realize you are not making optimal use of the ore gravels and sands, so you go back and automate processing of those into ore dusts before smelting, and automate the construction of diamond hammers to ensure that there is no manual intervention required. You've built machines that produce lava, and are piping that, and water, into barrels that you are filling with the sand and materials being produced to add soul sand and netherrack to the items you are pumping out. And you automate the sifting of those. You build a dark room and kill some mobs. then automate the murder of mobs. And build powered spawners, and automate the targeted murder of mobs. And you need power, and plutonium. So you build IC2 nuclear ractors, and automate the production of fuel rods to keep them filled. and automate the extraction of depleted rods being processed into MOX rods. And you just keep bloody going. Because, at the beginning of this, you still have the cobble gen and its going non stop. And voiding stuff, or stopping it IS NOT an option. So you have to expand. Because the stream of cobble and derived products is never going to stop. And an AE system is the only way you are ever going to get on top of your storage issues. But you need to eat. So you've automated some farms because harvesting things manually is a pain. And who wants to eat apples or carrots if you can eat lasagna. So you automate the production of fancy food. And did I mention there are magic mods too? So you automate those. Not because you can. But because you must. Because once you've automated something you MUST deal with the output.

Woah... thanks for the post man.
You made me think about all the stuff I need to do...