That ' s why they switch sides every quarter . <| sep |> Easy mods don ' t have any balance of any kind since they ' re all compatible with RF . Mods author don ' t have to make their mods balanced with other mods , that ' s the modpack maker ' s job . But if they don ' t provide any options , it ' s hard to do . I don ' t consider normal to need to decompile a mod , code my own changes in , and recompile it to changes things that are hardcoded . That ' s pushing the job of the pack maker quite far in my opinion . Also , it makes distributing the pack pretty much impossible . Mod author don ' t even need to make it balanced in two ways , just balanced in the hard way , which is the only way that has a balance anyways . If the modpack maker want to turn it into an easy mod , it ' s just disabling some processrecipe and maybe fixing a few recipes . You know the saying , better have too much than not enough ? That ' s exact what applies there . Making a hard mod easy is a simple task , you don ' t need to invent new things . Making an easy mod hard is a difficult task because you do need to invent new things . Yeah , if you ' re making a mod , make it well , follow well established and proven standards , and don ' t hardcode values . Especially when you consider some modders are paid through various means a pretty decent amount , expecting mods that at least have the above seems fair .