Agrarian Skies is NO JOKE. That is like penny slots. I seriously can't stop.

On the other hand, I find myself playing with more purpose and building more creatively than I have ever have in modded minecraft, where it often ends up being a long grind to high tier gear like quantum armor or whatever.

With the hardcore quest mod, I'm using mods I really wouldn't even think to use and doing things like building lumber farms for reasons other than having pointlessly massive amounts of wood.

With ex nihilo, things start off grindy as skyblock apparently often does, but eventually you get to a point where you never need to manually "mine" (in this case, hammer and sieve) and you can spend your time working on solutions to your quests.

I'll post some screenshots in a little bit, I really get a kick out of this.

Anyone else play modded?