derpoprime

'- The early game is slow. It best to start automating as soon as possible.

• Very good and well thought out tech progression, with most items having custom crafting recipes. Feels like you actually accomplished something after every quality of life milestone.
• Has probably the best quest book ever made. (also a lot of community resources)
• Has pretty good aesthetics built around GregTech. The music also slaps.
• The performance is good, but the stability is not. There is a reason there is a built in restore from backup GUI.
• Do not start this pack thinking you will finish without taking long breaks or even multiple playthroughs. It is a long modpack and is still getting big updates on average biannually.

'- The balance is alright for an expert pack.

• The progression well thought out without letting you easily tier skip between ages due to locked recipes.
• The performance is not very good, but for a hefty mod pack like this this is to be expected.
• The aesthetic is not bad, having a pretty... let's just say rustic, older minecraft modpack vibe.
• The quest book... There is a reason kitchen sinks do not usually come with a linear quest book and if they do, it is usually to make an amalgamation of the big mods end game items. The quest book is the main problem I have with this pack. It is good in telling you what you can do, but as a kitchen sink it has a ton of content and every main quest opens up ~6 side quests while also having other questlines for supporting the main one. While I like the concept and understand that it is hard to do, the quest book just does not do it for me.