Hmm… The very first time was in 2013, when GT was more like an addon to IC and didn’t yet override pretty much an entire game :D. I remember it added the multiblocks Blast Furnace and the Grinder, and also the Chemical Processor that was a real pain for me to automate :).
On the next server there was GT5, but everyone on the server had avoided most of its changes - Steam was stored in a tank and was produced by solar mirrors… Although, as I remember, I was astounded by the recipes for Assembler and Mixer (I needed both of those to make a cake for Botania). At that time, everyone else on the server was getting really annoyed by the massive alterations, and decided to remove GT from next servers.
However, I was really curious about GT6, especially about the long progression and metal-smelting, and so I decided to start a solo-world, limiting myself to using just GT for everything, apart from cosmetics and some QoL features of other mods (like bags from Forestry). And so… Fast-forward 1.5 years, I’m still actively playing!
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