maybe just to add a note that sticking with Monster doesn't mean map will not have to be wiped with the next update..

If the pack isn't seriously broken then the map should tolerate being updated. A Resonant Rise map withstood several updates in succession, with the most notable effects being that all the liquiducts vanished once and the Thermal Expansion recipes used to change between the expensive and cheap versions from week to week.

I think one update did break it badly, but after reloading the backup the same update succeeded.

I discussed this with OiNkpiggles and he also said after looking at the change logs that a wipe will most certainly be needed.. After reading a few posts on other forums, they have the same opinion. Too many changes to current in game stuff, if there was no wipe, map would get unstable because of new changes

we had wiped every previous map when Monster was updated just fyi..

I can't find anything on Google about 'Yogz' (minecraft yogz, ftb yogz, etc).

I'm ok with a map reset. No opinion on mod packs until I know what yogz is.

I can't find anything on Google about 'Yogz' (minecraft yogz, ftb yogz, etc).

geuis

That tripped me up at first too.

I assume it's this one

yup, that one - Yogscast Complete Pack

also pack was updated and Resonant Induction Atomic mod has been added! yay
that is Atomic Science mod ( http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1285665-1-6-4-atomic-science-nuclear-power-and-antimatter ) and Resonant Induction mod ( http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1290979-resonant-induction-universal-electricity similar to rotarycraft machines utilising speed, torque and mechanical power) merged into one!
Nuclear power, Antimatter, Particle Accelerators and tons more

Yogz complete has technical, magical, adventuring, building, vendors, crazy and fools all covered.. and is considered very stable

My apologies for the confusion guys. was a little tired when i posted the poll and forgot the full name

It's the pack designed by and for YogsQuest fans and members. But it's gained a lot of popularity based on the stable release with so many mods contained.

I had trouble trying to get Galacticraft working with FTB monster (took about 5 weeks of file tweaking but eventually got it working) these guys have taken a massive amount and tweaked the lot to work with each other as much as possible.

At any rate this is just a stage 1 choices. As it stands since most have chosen a newer modded server we could discuss mod types. If however everyone is happy with Yogscast then i dont see anything wrong with changing to AT launcher.

i voted for yogz, might give it a try sp aswell

I've been playing it on SP so far and all i can say is 183 freaking pages in NEI?!!!!!!

lol

so far it's VERY stable with so many mods in there. Also if we wanted we could add Mystcraft and a few others back in.

I read on their forum that those mods labeled "recommended" when you install the pack are supposed to be in the mod pack (and not optional), they are listed in the mods list as ones already inside, but were not part of the core. Almost everyone who installs the pack selects recommended, I think that's logical.. (not that I wouldn't like some of the additional optional ones..)

Priority for optional mods I believe would be for Opis and OpenEye purely for server stability..

As for mystcraft, if we don't have it, we will never see any Biomes o' Plenty biomes, plants (cool (..or hot?) Hell biome and huge Bee hives in Nether) etc, but on the other hand I'm not sure if mystcraft would make map more laggy (maybe do some more research on this?)
As for quarrying the world we have DeepDark, Twilight, Nether.. (am I missing some?)
for building, some mining, exploring etc we have Moon, Mars, Space Station, Dream/Nightmare and Torment world from witchery..
alternatively u could summon meteors filled with ores using bloodmagic mod or use mfr laser drills etc..

We should keep the world in default generation so that mods like Chocolate quest, AtomicStrykers BattleTowers, Enhanced dungeons (maybe some others?) would work properly since the generated building, special mobs and bosses in them are supposed to be in vanilla biomes.. (not sure if this is still the case)
Thats some info I ran into while searching their forum, but maybe they changed that in newer versions..

I also vote for yogz; some new mods on there for one which will feed my mod hunger

ok after reading some more on their forums, here's my suggestion:

Lets open a server for current latest version of Yogz pack and jump in to test mods, have fun and enjoy ourselves (don't start huge build you would regret losing just yet), but also hunt for bugs and help improve the pack because they said the 3.0 update that should come soonish will be a very good one that will improve stability even more and just make gameplay better and more enjoyable.
They said they are working hard on ironing everything out, making sure mods work well together and that 3.0 will be the most stable and best update so far..
When we get 3.0 then we should all start on those huge builds and think of a stable permanent map..

Guys creating the pack seem very dedicated and are working non-stop to make it better for all of us..

edit:
ps don't worry, updates come very quickly and on regular bases, just look at the dates for the updates section, awesome!
http://www.resonant-rise.com/forum/92-yogscast-complete-yogs/

As much as I enjoy mystcraft, I'm actually thinking we should skip it or... just use it to make 1 mining world for everyone to use, the world could be reset every month (or week) allowing for it to change so we could harvest different biome based things.

I used to be against mystcraft but link books can be just so handy.

I haven't even tried age creation though.

Unfortunately due to a screw up in my base I can't even get on FTB.

As much as I enjoy mystcraft, I'm actually thinking we should skip it or... just use it to make 1 mining world for everyone to use, the world could be reset every month (or week) allowing for it to change so we could harvest different biome based things.

piggles

If this is an option I vote for it! Sounds like a great idea..
Mystcraft also lags us all out if there's a few players on and someone is creating new ages

as for link books etc, why don't you try using enhanced portals mod?
you have the option to make your own portal network or create addresses for portals and dial the one you want to go to.. (they work in any dimension)

if we do get this pack, witchery mod also adds a very nice way to travel around using waystones set to any point in any dimension or you could bind yourself with spirit of otherwhere which lets you use powers to teleport yourself, very handy (you can even summon other players to a location using a special summoning ritual)

Mystcraft was mainly kept in to allow players to mine somewhere other than overworld. To many "potholes". If we can find another way however then i'm all for it due to the fact that i agree about MystCraft being a "tad" laggy.

As for your mod hunger squaffle. You'd get fat from this mod

Is there another multi-world mod or plugin we could use to create a mining dimension?

Do we even want buildcraft in a new pack?

We could use DeepDark dimension for mining, then have it reset like once a month? but this way we would never get the all so boring Promised land dimension

We can't take buildcraft out, it's part of the core, also there are many sub-mods connected to it like buildcraft tools, armor, weapons, additional objects etc..

Could have a portal or something at spawn that leads to like 20k blocks out overworld as a mining area I guess .

I fail to see the issue really; twilight forest is fine for mining really; it's huge and set apart from the overworld; no'one builds there really due to fears of it being reset so no issue surely ? edit: also as mentioned, deep dark and those witchery dimensions.

As far as Biomes a Plenty goes, I don't really grasp the problem, we could just have the world gen as biomes a plenty rather than default vanilla like the world before the current one. BoAp is in Yogz after all . . . Even if it wasn't, how much time has anyone spent in the "Promised land" other than going there, discovering the ender dragon summoning altar was removed in a previous update and gathering some (pointless-ish) amethyst ?

Edit: on the quarry holes subject the two most obvious solutions:

• remove buildcraft (means no quarries (sooooooo many alternatives) but also no BC pipes which reduces chance of lag from broken pipes etc)

• have a no quarry holes rule (considering the vast majority of regularly active players on cfuk are regulars and trustable people can just place quarries 15 blocks or so underground meaning no holes)

As far as the first point goes there are a few different quarry methods that don't break the landscape, ender quarries are my fav, technically infinite in quarry size and replace mined blocks with dirt. Or mechanism has the digital miner which has a similar (ish) principle, that's ignoring laser drills and that kind of tech that gen mats infinitely using power

I gave it a try and brought up a quick creative game.

Was immediately confronted with an adorable fox riding on the head of a cow.

Then blew them up with a grenade from ICBM.

I'm now voting for Yogz.

(On a slightly more serious note, not a single rainbow forest in sight, and I appreciate that)

although as a quick mention. the ICBM mod would probably be disabled as it was in FTB.

Broonie opened almost all the mods to us but a couple were still on the black list.

I assumed we'd get the default list, and that isn't on there. I just wanted to see if it was what I thought it was.

Though if I could make a request I saw that Adv. Gen. was by default out of the pack, and I'd like that to end up in the server

agreed with that one dude. Both myself and Alex like that mod and it's been updated.