This mod... is just wow. I've started a playthrough with it, some small QoL mods (like side inserters, burner leech, and picker suite) and my own 2 mods (reverse factory and mini machines, which should be fully compatible now) and it is... just so incredibly different. I'm super excited!

In vanilla, I never actually used the nuclear reactor, or worked with heat pipes, so this is a huuge departure. Also, the entire concept of crafting plate and sticks, then crafting things that produce scrap, that you can cook back into more plates and sticks, just makes for a complete different experience.

It's complex, but more so because it's different, not in the same way as bobs/angels/omni (where the processing chains are just expanded). You have to worry about burner inserters for so much of the game, and heat mechanics for so many of the originally electric machines.

I honestly have no idea where to even go now. I've gotten far enough to have a single stable burner reactor, fed by a simple infinite wood loop, and a simple belt manufactory. But now... I have no idea how to expand. Are heat pipes the way to go, running them along the ground to every assembling machine? Or build directly around the burner reactor? Is it better to have multiple scattered burner reactors, or a big cluster of them for heat bonus?

So many options, so many things to relearn! Despite how manual and grindy the early game is, I'm having way more fun in this mod than any of my previous bobs/angels playthroughs. Thanks for the unique experience, I think more people should try this :D