If you could play on a server with just one mod

[GreenZombie]

So, the direwolf20 server I am playing on - and admin for - is being decommissioned, so I was looking around for a replacement fix.

And I noticed the majoriy of the major modded servers are running modpacks with 100-200 mods - such as Infinity or Direwolf20. Modpacks with a lot of mods, and while definitions of balance may vary, modpacks that discourage deep investigation of single mods in isolation.

And I wondered for a moment, If I was to join a server that didn't ask me to install a modpack, but just one mod - a server offering a true vanilla+once experience - what that one mod might be.

For me, I considered Thaumcraft, Blood Magic and Twilight Forest, but settled on Witchery as the mod I'd most like to add to an otherwise vanilla server - with Zelda Sword Skills a close 2nd contender.
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But It would have to be Thaumcraft too. Because I live and breathe that mod. And Chisel. Because I can't do a build without thinking it would look a lot better with factory and laboratory blocks. And ZTones. Because those blocks look bloody gorgeous too.

So
Thaumitcheryiseltone would be the ONE, single, unitary mod I'd install alongside vanilla. Definately just that one.

 

[jordsta95]

I'd say Botania, just because it has so much content, and does so much stuff

 

[Odovbold]

You'll end up with just Forge...


Joke aside, my current pack is only with Botania/EnderIO/Thaumcraft/Blood Magic and bunch of other addons, without Tinker's Construct is the real pain in the a**.

 

[sgbros1]

TerraFirmaCraft.

Because if you're just installing one mod, you might as well go all in, right?

 

[jordsta95]

TerraFirmaCraft.

Because if you're just installing one mod, you might as well go all in, right?

Or Better Than Wolves - though you need to role back to 1.2.5?
Or you could argue Gregtech + IC2 as 1 mod?

 

[lolwutgamer]

Steve's Carts 2 and grind for the rest of your life.

 

[jordsta95]

Actually... I just thought... NEI

 

[GreenZombie]

Actually... I just thought... NEI

Client side, and Server side mods are not restricted in this scenario as, in my imagined scenario, the single mod restriction is to create a trivially easy to install mod"pack".

I would, on the server, install one or more of recurrent structures, ruins, roguelike dungeons, ATG (in its server only mode) and definately ForgeEssentials / MyTown for some basic grief protection and management.

On the client I would expect competent users to have NEI / CraftGuide (their choice), Journeymap / Antique Atlas (their choice) and any other client side mods they feel could help.

 

[Henry Link]

For me it would have to the building mods. Chisel, carpenter's blocks, microblocks, etc.

 

[jordsta95]

Client side, and Server side mods are not restricted in this scenario as, in my imagined scenario, the single mod restriction is to create a trivially easy to install mod"pack".

I would, on the server, install one or more of recurrent structures, ruins, roguelike dungeons, ATG (in its server only mode) and definately ForgeEssentials / MyTown for some basic grief protection and management.

On the client I would expect competent users to have NEI / CraftGuide (their choice), Journeymap / Antique Atlas (their choice) and any other client side mods they feel could help.

NEi is serverside too though...

 

[GreenZombie]

NEi is serverside too though...

It doesn't have to be.

 

[RenzosNips]

Definitely Tinker's. It adds ore doubling, but has a vanilla feel. Plus the hammer would be even more excellent with no quarries.

 

[Celestialphoenix]

Or Better Than Wolves - though you need to role back to 1.2.5?

1.5.2
Been playing a server with one mod for just over a year now

Second choice would be ChromatiCraft.

 

[rhn]

For me it would have to the building mods. Chisel, carpenter's blocks, microblocks, etc.

This. Though I could not choose just one of those 3...

 

[GreenZombie]

This. Though I could not choose just one of those 3...

Not a fan of ZTones then?

 

[rhn]

Not a fan of ZTones then?

Hey, I could only pick one...

 

[KingTriaxx]

Railcraft. Nice looking new blocks? Check. Trains? Check.

What more do you need?

 

[rhn]

What more do you need?

Forestry(+Binnies)
Need my Beeeees!

 

[KingTriaxx]

Trains have cool death messages. Bees do not.

 

[AuricPolaris]

Thaumcraft without a doubt. Amazing blocks, incredibly utility, world generation changes, awesome mobs, a different dimension and more!