(1/2) So I've been messing with a new modpack to play on the side, because my tastes differ from the rest of the players' of ForgeServ

(2/2) I've learned that Geolosys makes for a nice "hardmode" pack if you disable furnace smelting only use Antique Atlas with atlas required

Oooh interesting. So you stay at stone-level capabilities for much longer?

Surprisingly not as long as you might think! All you need is a smeltery to get going with metals :D