Thematic Disconnects In Various Materials Processing

[KAfable]

Issue / Bug

Mostly spurred by this:

And these related existing issues: https://github.com/Darkosto/SevTech-Ages/issues/1416 https://github.com/Darkosto/SevTech-Ages/issues/1501

The issue is that while the early game recipes and processing methods are fantastically designed, some of them get dated as you approach the mid to late game of the pack, and NEVER see an upgrade. For example you still making glass in a Stoked Crucible even in the Creative Age, which is fine mechanically (as in you don't need that much glass / clay blocks / etc.) but it leads to a thematic disconnect as you have a stoked crucible next to your solar system rocket. Or that your Mekanism sawmill factory can't process logs into planks, and so to automate planks you still need to use the BWM watermill.

The comprehensive list that I've seen so far:

• Glass from Stoked Crucible
• Clay Compression in Presser
• Shadow Gem Compression in Presser
• Wooden Planks from a BWM saw
• Black Iron in only an Alloy Kiln

Expected Behavior

• progression of certain material processing

Possible Solution

• MM Machines? More usage of an Arc Furnace? Allow Botanic Void Miners to dig up planks?

Context

• so once again I don't think these things are unbalanced feature, I got through the pack just fine, but it provided an inconsistent experience

Client Information

• Modpack Version: 3.0.6

[Waisse]

Items/blocks that should get reviewed :

• [x] Wood Planks
• [x] Clay blocks
• [ ] Bricks
• [ ] Nether bricks
• [x] Glass Pane
• [x] Wool https://github.com/Darkosto/SevTech-Ages/issues/1562
• [x] Black iron ingot and Bronze ingot : need an Arc Furnace recipe
• [x] Fluix dust and Certus Quartz dust can only be made in the IE crusher

[TWJedi]

If I may, I would also add to that list the ability to crush dyes in the Mekanism Crushers.

[SlyCedix]

The ability to make quartz enriched iron in the metallurgic infuser would make sense as well, as at the moment, it can only be made in the arc furnace

[artdude543]

Recipes which have had an improvement over updates.

• Glass Pane (Now has an Arc Furnace Recipe)
• Clay blocks are fine as off current with many ways to make them from many mods.
• Shadow Gem can be processed in the Metal Press.
• Wooden Planks/Logs was fixed.
• Black Iron can also be processed in the Arc Furnace/Alloy Kiln

Nether Brick and Brick are under review 🙂