I'm surprised the mod was added to the modpacks this early on, considering it breaks most of the rules for accepting mods, at least according to the mod suggestion thread:
1. Mods that add "collectibles" such as extra mobs, extra plants, extra ores etc that have very little use or interaction with the current mods will probably not be considered.Extra Biomes is an exception as it helps the map creators make the cool FTB maps.
2. Mods that duplicate something other mods already do. Especially if they do it at a lower resource cost will have a very difficult time getting into the pack. Why add an extra mod that negates part of one of the main mods?That doesn't mean they won't but they will need to add something more then just the duplicate items.
5. Mods that make things "easier" these mods tend to be out of balance for the FTB map. The main pack will be the pack for the FTB maps so having unbalanced and OP mods in the pack just won't work.
6. Unfinished Mods will have a very hard road to get in.
I don't know why they couldn't have just wait to add in a more complete and polished stage and avoid all of this, and yes, I understand:
Our intention is to create muliple mod packs, so in the case of exceptional mods that dont meet these guidelines, exceptions can be made.
But really, if there was a mod like it, in a similar situation, they wouldn't even glance in its direction, not sure why Xy was added so early, when people could have easily done without it, and may even be better for many others if it was the case.
come on guys you are judging way to quickly... the mod isn't even fully out yet. he has some neat ideas like we saw in DW video's what you also can't forget is that XYcraft is his first mod and for a new modding i think he did a great job.
If the mod is not "out" yet, then why is it in the modpacks?
As far as FTB is concerned, the mod is "out", Thaumcraft is also still being worked on, but it at least works and does something useful.
If it isn't "out" yet, then it shouldn't be, it should be marked as a "WIP" until its something they feel is ready to be released.
If you release an incomplete product, there WILL be criticism, even if it "will be" better, the product that is currently out, the one the people use, is the one people will be talking about.
Its like making a presentation, make a big deal about it, then just showing a blob of clay and saying "I will make this into an awesome sculpture some day!"
Ok, so why did you show it to us when its still a blob of clay?
Show it to us when you make the sculpture!
Or like making a tv show with nothing in it but random noises and someone saying "don't worry, this will be an awesome show, we'll be adding the characters, dialogue, backgrounds/ scenery, and plot future!"
Well, you get my point.
Redpower fills worlds with utterly useless tungsten. Don't see people complaining about that do you? "But that's different cos Elo said tungsten will have a use in the future." SO WILL QUARTZ.
ONE mostly pointless, yet not really super common ore vs what currently is an entire modpack full of useless ores spammed all over the world is not really something you want to compare.
Not to mention Tungsten does not act like a transparent block that causes all blocks around it to render.
Plus maybe Volcanoes and Marble aren't the best for world gen to some people, but at least the rest of the mod does something useful.
Xycraft is completely useless atm, I might change my mind and end up loving Xycraft when its actually useful, but this is my opinion of it as it is now.
I'm sorry if I'm sounding too harsh, don't take my commentary wrong, I've nothing against Xycraft's concept or Soaryn, I'm truly looking forward to a more completed Xy after its been worked on and refined further, however, I am against releasing an unfinished mod and adding it to a pack, when it still does nothing and there's no real benefit to it, specially when many other mods are rejected on certain standards that said incomplete mod does not fulfill in the slightest.
I say just make it optional and don't add a mod to the pack until its "out" (Because apparently its not, according to many.) otherwise this sort of stuff will happen.