Which mod to start with? (FTB Horizons)

[KaoticSoulz]

Well long story shot, I'm going to be starting a youtube series playing through the FTB Horizons mod pack. The reason I'm doing this is because I have played the more technical ones a decent amount (Ultimate, Unleashed, Monster), but have always stuck pretty closely with getting as far as possible with Buildcraft or Industrialcraft, and then as I don't know much about the other mods the world just kind of... fizzle out.

I want to do something different, and feel I can do that decently with periodic looks at the wiki, but the problem is as I always start with either IndustrialCraft or Buildcraft, I don't know where the normal starting point with Horizons is. Which mod do I focus on in the beginning to then branch out when I require other stuff from other mods?

 

[Siro]

Try Rotarycraft... it's book is very helpful and it seems to be the way to go with tech in Horizons.

 

[gallowglass]

Thermal expansion or Tinker's Construct.

 

[KingTriaxx]

Ars Magicka plus Thermal Expansion makes for quite a good start. Ars gets you the touch dig spell, which nets you the resources to make Thermal expansion stuff without burning through a bunch of picks, but at the same time gaining more Ars XP. Alternately, Tinkers plus Engineer's Toolbox is a good one. Engineer's is also good when paired with Thermal Expansion, but that gets pretty expensive on redstone.