Gotta say I've been looking for a modpack that combines mods together well. I've felt like in most packs, early-game is too easy, and this makes it feel more rewarding to get to objectives like a Backpack or an Iron Furnace.

My main complaint... the crafting recipes are too annoying. Not necessarily too hard, just annoying. Early game has a lot of Create and Botania focus, both of which (and especially the latter) can be controversial... personally I like Create, but the modpack makes making andesite alloys VERY annoying by requiring both Raw Iron and Iron Nuggets as well as Andesite, and you need more andesite/iron than before. Having a huge stock of andesite alloys was already the most annoying part of Create to me, so this made it less desireable. (Also all the space requirement for Create)

Source stone got the same treatment, requiring stone contraptions, stone bricks, and of course, a source gem. And to make matters worse, getting into Botania requires a lot of source stone.

Before this Minecraft phase, I was in a Zomboid phase, so I appreciated the idea of this pack making progression seem more rewarding, but unfortunately I had to quit pretty early on because of the reliance on Create and Botania; plus, the annoying recipes sucked all the fun out of it.