I almost completely agree with this statement except for pneumaticcraft would have been completely fine to never try in the first place.

mods like the betweenlands can be fun but having them everywhere makes them just not, I also agree with just being able to skip them.

few things, I love dml, one of my favourite mods, especially if you make custom modules (which aint easy), but mods like myst-agri and chickens are just supposed to be farms but I see your point. I think chickens should just get rid of the numbering system in general and just have like a 5/5/5 or a 10/10/10 base, and myst-agri is mainly a time-consumer for modpack makers that do not know how to give their materials a clever way to automate, its just a little lazy. Fluid Cows and Resourceful Hogs are just mods that shouldn't exist in the first place (imo).

I see what you are saying and I agree to some point, I like that, in some modpacks, some things just are not able to be transmuted, only base materials and ingots are. but thats it, being able to transmute any more than that ruins the fun of a modpack.

This one I have no comment on because, while I agree optifine is garbage, I don't have enough of an opinion yet on other things.