well, i said in the second part that it does blow up with 2.
and is not dupe, you can get it with some kind of tome and diamond blocks.
so I guess they don't randomly blow up.
I know that the Tome isn't a "exploit" but rather a way of getting stuff you don't always have on hand. It's by the original maker of EE, so it stands to reason making a dragon's egg is not a big deal
(TM) with it. Heck I'd even go a step further and suggest for people to try using
Minor Alchemy, which is even closer to the EE2 EMC system, but without the difference between energy and matter and you can only fill it's "Alchemical Energy Containers" using the "Alchemizer", meaning half of the problems with EE2 are less present. While the fact that you can still turn cobblestone into diamonds is technically present(note: I haven't installed it yet, so the value for either cobblestone or diamonds is unknown to me, and thus it may not actually be possible to turn cobblestone into diamonds), the basic goal of turning items into other items without using a crafting table is now possible again for me. So yay, I can make a couple extra wither stars once I get one, assuming I can afford to do so.
Best feature? One can easily change the value of any item with it's config file. So maybe you don't want cobblestone to have a value, but still want stone and stone bricks to have one? Just change the value on Cobblestone to zero, but leave Stone and Stone Bricks at 1. Want to build a house out of Towerwood from the Twilight Forest? Give Towerwood a value and you now can. Find a value you don't agree with(for example, maybe you like getting coal, but notice the coal ore block in there)? Fix it yourself easily. Best of all? A server Config for this mod trumps any player set config, meaning you'll never have a issue in SMP with people ruining the economy if you change your server configs to prevent creation of very valuable items and give easily renewable items no value.
Current release is for 1.5.1, but grab 1.3.3 for the final version that works with 1.4.7.(barring of course the modder backporting changes from newer versions to older editions of minecraft)
If you see my post in the thread and like where I'm going with it, let the modder know. If not, , well, that's your choice.(or if you just can't find it, no worries)