Trying to choose which 1.6.4 Pack to play, best pack in your opinion? and the differences
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Currently, I'm waiting to get enough money to pay for my computer so I can run my own modpack. In the meantime, I'm having a lot of fun with Magic World 2.
Take any pack, rip out the mods you don't like, add the mods you do. Best to start with the biggest pack for this(or the one that most closely represents what you want)
Direwolf20, Horizons and Monster just feel so similar. Their differences are almost nitpicky. I wish there was a clearer sense of what makes each pack stand out from the other, because I simply can't tell at first glance. Or second glance for that matter. Obviously Dire's is basically just a tailoring for his LP. Same with the eventual Mindcrack iteration. But pre-1.6, the non-LPer packs felt more distinct to me. Maybe it's just because it's still early on in their development and there are plans to include certain mods to help the packs stand out, but the moment they're just a bit too similar.
MF2 is the most unique; I like how it centers itself around TiC and how focused it is in general. Feels like a slightly more vanilla TerrafirmaCraft - and that's a good thing. I haven't tried Magic World and Tech World, since I'm too indecisive to ever choose just one
And of course FTBlite is meant for slow computers, so for certain people that's the best pack of all.
That's the closest I can come to ranking them. Maybe once Monster and Horizons are in release mode I'll have a better feeling for which I prefer.
MF2 is the most unique; I like how it centers itself around TiC and how focused it is in general. Feels like a slightly more vanilla TerrafirmaCraft - and that's a good thing. I haven't tried Magic World and Tech World, since I'm too indecisive to ever choose just one
And of course FTBlite is meant for slow computers, so for certain people that's the best pack of all.That's the closest I can come to ranking them. Maybe once Monster and Horizons are in release mode I'll have a better feeling for which I prefer.
Direwolf20, Horizons and Monster just feel so similar. Their differences are almost nitpicky. I wish there was a clearer sense of what makes each pack stand out from the other, because I simply can't tell at first glance. Or second glance for that matter. Obviously Dire's is basically just a tailoring for his LP. Same with the eventual Mindcrack iteration. But pre-1.6, the non-LPer packs felt more distinct to me. Maybe it's just because it's still early on in their development and there are plans to include certain mods to help the packs stand out, but the moment they're just a bit too similar.
MF2 is the most unique; I like how it centers itself around TiC and how focused it is in general. Feels like a slightly more vanilla TerrafirmaCraft - and that's a good thing. I haven't tried Magic World and Tech World, since I'm too indecisive to ever choose just one
That's the closest I can come to ranking them. Maybe once Monster and Horizons are in release mode I'll have a better feeling for which I prefer.
To me Monster, DW20 and Horizons each feel too different. I doubt many people would say Horizons having Metallurgy and such and missing IC2 and the Buildcraft family is a nit-picky difference. I personally favour DW20 + ATG. Although the world family feels unique, it's kind of the same thing, just with a different set of mods. You're bang-on about Magic Farm though.
Direwolf20 pack belongs to Direwolf20 and is not up to FTB to choose what goes in or out.
Horizon is a showcase pack. Basically it houses mods that are new or remade and let people have a taste of them.
Monster is kind of like Ultimate or Unleashed where almost everything is thrown in together.
Magic Farm 2, Techworld etc, those are the packs with a certain theme to it. Whereas Monster and the likes are just a gigantic conglomeration of mods, a sandbox if you will, with no limits other than the one you (or the server host) sets.
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Horizon is a showcase pack. Basically it houses mods that are new or remade and let people have a taste of them.
Monster is kind of like Ultimate or Unleashed where almost everything is thrown in together.
Magic Farm 2, Techworld etc, those are the packs with a certain theme to it. Whereas Monster and the likes are just a gigantic conglomeration of mods, a sandbox if you will, with no limits other than the one you (or the server host) sets.
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Magic World 2, minus the Farlanders mod. I've been considering trying to put together a pack that mimics the original Magic World (BuildCraft/TE, maybe even without Ars Magicka, I haven't decided if I like it), but for now I'm playing MW2.
DW20 is another one I like... it's a good mix of tech and magic (and it doesn't have Farlanders).
If Farlanders used a better-looking block (a new endstone brick, maybe) for its worldgen buildings, and if the Ender Golems didn't kill EVERYTHING they came across, I'd probably like that mod. It seems interesting, but those golems can depopulate an area FAST. I guess finding stacks of porkchops and feathers on the ground is a good warning that one is in the area...
DW20 is another one I like... it's a good mix of tech and magic (and it doesn't have Farlanders).
If Farlanders used a better-looking block (a new endstone brick, maybe) for its worldgen buildings, and if the Ender Golems didn't kill EVERYTHING they came across, I'd probably like that mod. It seems interesting, but those golems can depopulate an area FAST. I guess finding stacks of porkchops and feathers on the ground is a good warning that one is in the area...
Thanks for all your input guys, it has really helped out on which pack to play keep on voting for your personal favourite packs to see a more accurate representation of what most people are playing with these days!
keep on voting for your personal favourite packs to see a more accurate representation of what most people are playing with these days!