Vanilla minecraft no longer appeals to me whereas the hardcore modpacks are ridiculously addictive. Think factorio meets minecraft.
I am very out of the loop with Minecraft, not having played in quite a few years. Meanwhile, I have been getting into factorio... but the thought of going back to my Minecraft roots is appealing
Pretty sure between the very active developer community they've built up and the incredibly deep and broad tech progression, new end-game content is being added faster than players could possibly reach it. Got pretty in-depth quest tree to keep pointed in the right direction.
That’s the level of dedication there.
- Enigmatica 2: Expert (or 6)
- AllTheMods 8
and my personal favorite
- Not too Complicated 2
Basically, anything Lashmak[1] plays.