So, looks like i will argue for the balance then. For the GT modpacks we using with family and friends, I’m trying to find a sustainable solution:
- always buildcraft, railcraft, forestry to add some basic tech stuff(and because we play with them from the very beginning of modded minecraft…)
- immersive engineering, gravisuite, opencomputers, projectRed to add even more tech stuff
- no “easy tech” like EnderIO or mekanism
- no magic, with sometimes exception of thaumcraft as “tech-magic”
- space of course, galactictaft and galactispace
- item/craft management like AE2 or logistic pipes
- BiomesOPlenty for world generation
- lot of “worlds” erebus, twilight forest, atum etc. to make more mining space and variety to your feed
- some casual additions like bibliocraft, ironchest etc. to add some fancy environment
- enviromine just to make things harder
Sometimes add few more mods just to check them out, but the core looks like that
Also there is the list to peek from: Compatible Mods for GT6, I’m trying to stick to it
And of course after applying Defauld config pack(1.7.10) usually you will need to spend some time to tune the mods to make them work together properly, but it worth it :}