Going forward

I would like more tech as well but not Gregtech, at least I don't think everyone would want the hardcore aspect. My suggestions are for RF Tools, Extra Cells, Thermal Dynamics, Draconic Evolution, Rotarycraft, Reactorcraft. Also AOBD because it adds compatibility for different processing methods. If anyone wants an synopsis of these mods I haven't played with all of them but I have a good idea of what they add.

For magic I would like to keep Botania and maybe try out Chromaticraft, I also like Xeno's reliquary as Drizzt mentioned.

For dungeons I have heard Roguelike dungeons is good because unlike Better Dungeons it spawns loot the same way as vanilla, so if a mod adds loot it will have that loot.

For renewable resources we could go for magical crops or the forestry+Binnie's+Magic Bees+Gendustry route. After giving it some thought I think I would prefer the forestry route.

I know that sounds like a lot, but most of them are addons/compliments to mods we already have and use. The only really new mod would be rotarycraft/reactorcraft which I and probably others would appreciate since it adds some extreme end-game tech.

i did not add the core files to this list for obvious reasons also guys if you could post links to the mods you are wanting we can check them out and go from there

Ok, for the ones I suggested:

Draconic Evolution: Adds really cool end-game armor, tools, and energy storage. Forum Page  Mod Spotlight 

RF Tools: Adds a lot of stuff that plugs in to the RF system, notably a dimension generation system and portal system. Forum Page  Mod Spotlight  

Thermal Dynamics: Basically the item/liquid/power transportation system for TE. Might be a little redundant because of Ender IO but it could be more useful in certain situations and has a conduit with infinite RF transfer. Curse Page 

Rotarycraft: Adds a new power system, don't worry it can be converted to and from RF, it's just a little tricky. At the high tier end game stuff it can be really powerful with the extractor which can process your ores better, and unbreakable bedrock tools and armor which come pre-enchanted. Page

Reactorcraft: An addon to rotarycraft that adds extremely powerful nuclear fission and fusion reactors. They dwarf Big Reactors but can be dangerous and are a lot more difficult to get started with. Page 

Chromaticraft: A magical mod that I'm not very familiar with. I know it adds a couple of cool biomes and a magical energy system with a lot of capabilities. Page

Also Pressure Pipes which we already have but it's not on the list. 

And I'm not sure if anyone is interested but here's the Forestry mods for the bees and all the resources you can get with them. Forestry  Binnie's Mods  Gendustry NEI Integration  NEI Addons


EDIT: Also forgot about endertech, we already have it and I'd like to keep it. 

I have played with gregtech before, I dont know if we have enough "hardcore" tech players to make the use of gregtech reasonable. we have quite a few people who are new to tech mods, or struggle with the basics.

I believe reliquary is already added, and magical crops is on the list to add to my knowledge. As far as EE goes, what version are you referring to? the old EE was super overpowered, and the newest EE that i played was basically useless (i forget which versions) have they managed to balance it out?

Jake: my biggest concern with RF tools is the ... limitation? to these custom dimensions.. I dont want (for example) someone to go crazy and create 40 dimensions, all that stay loaded and take up loads of server resources.

Above all else, we have to take server resource usage into consideration, hence why we have removed certain mods like thaumcraft and Twilight forest, as they are some of the buggiest, and server resource hogging mods out there.

Id also like Minchem if thats at all possible.

do we have any idea about how long until we move to this new modpack?